GeForce GTX 460 X2 vs GTX 650

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	665	not rated
Place by popularity	71	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.35	no data
Power efficiency	4.81	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK107	GF104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 September 2012 (12 years ago)	11 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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	384	336 ×2
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	701 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.86	39.26 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.8125 TFLOPS	0.9415 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	32 ×2
TMUs	32	56 ×2

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	147 mm	292 mm
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin

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 ×2
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB/s	115.2 GB/s ×2

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 Mini HDMI	3x 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	+	-

API and SDK 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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 September 2012	11 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	160 Watt

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