GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs GTX 650 Ti Boost

Place in the ranking	487	773
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.08	no data
Power efficiency	4.75	1.47
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK106	GF104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	26 March 2013 (11 years ago)	11 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	336
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	980 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,540 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.05	36.40
Floating-point processing power	1.585 TFLOPS	0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	32
TMUs	64	56

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	210 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	144.2 GB/s	108.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support	4 Displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.67	3.01
Recency	26 March 2013	11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	150 Watt

GTX 650 Ti Boost has a 188% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 11.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.