GeForce RTX 2060 TU104 vs GeForce4 MX 460

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1512not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV17 A3TU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 February 2002 (22 years ago)10 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

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 coresno data1920
Core clock speed300 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1680 MHz
Number of transistors29 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data160 Watt
Texture fill rate1.200201.6
Floating-point processing powerno data6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs4120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed225 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth7.2 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 February 2002 10 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 12 nm

RTX 2060 TU104 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce4 MX 460 and GeForce RTX 2060 TU104. We've got no test results to judge.


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