GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES vs GTX 670MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking627not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.70no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK104GF114
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)24 September 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores960336
Core clock speed600 MHz779 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate48.0843.62
Floating-point processing power1.154 TFLOPS1.046 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs8056

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB1280 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1002 MHz
Memory bandwidth67.2 GB/s128.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 24 September 2011
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 160 Watt

GTX 670MX has an age advantage of 1 year, a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 113.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 670MX and GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 670MX is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES is a desktop one.


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