GeForce GTX 460M vs Quadro 2000

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro 2000
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 62 Watt
2.45

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Quadro 2000 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking799709
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.400.34
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF106N11E-GS
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date24 December 2010 (13 years ago)3 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$141 (0.2x MSRP)$88

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 2000 has 18% better value for money than GTX 460M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192192
Core clock speed625 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0016.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance480.0 gflops518.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 2000 and GeForce GTX 460M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length178 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI optionsno data+

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 amount1 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2600 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s60.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 API with Feature Level 12.1
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 2000 2.45
GTX 460M 3.22
+31.4%

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Quadro 2000 by 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro 2000 948
GTX 460M 1246
+31.4%

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Quadro 2000 by 31% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro 2000 3905
GTX 460M 4098
+4.9%

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Quadro 2000 by 5% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro 2000 12
GTX 460M 14
+16.7%

GeForce GTX 460M outperforms Quadro 2000 by 17% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p21−24
−42.9%
30
+42.9%
Full HD27−30
−33.3%
36
+33.3%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.45 3.22
Recency 24 December 2010 3 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 50 Watt

The GeForce GTX 460M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 2000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 2000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 460M is a notebook one.


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