GeForce GTX 460 vs Quadro P6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P6000 with GeForce GTX 460, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P6000
2016
24 GB 384-bit, 250 Watt
39.67
+576%

P6000 outperforms GTX 460 by a whopping 576% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking105587
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.861.16
Power efficiency10.992.54
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP102GF104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (8 years ago)12 July 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P6000 has 233% better value for money than GTX 460.

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 cores3840336
Core clock speed1506 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate394.837.80
Floating-point processing power12.63 TFLOPS0.9072 TFLOPS
ROPs9624
TMUs24056

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 supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm210 mm
Heightno data4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2" (5.1 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pin2x 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 type384 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount24 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1127 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s86.4 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, 4x DisplayPortTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

ECC (Error Correcting Code)+no data
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 P6000 39.67
+576%
GTX 460 5.87

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro P6000 15307
+576%
GTX 460 2264

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.

Quadro P6000 64226
+729%
GTX 460 7745

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 39.67 5.87
Recency 1 October 2016 12 July 2010
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 160 Watt

Quadro P6000 has a 575.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 460, on the other hand, has 56.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P6000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 460 is a desktop one.


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

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