GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 vs Radeon E9171 MCM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameLexaGF114
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 October 2017 (7 years ago)15 November 2010 (14 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 cores512288
Core clock speed1124 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1219 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate39.0131.20
Floating-point processing power1.248 TFLOPS0.7488 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs3248

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB768 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s81.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 October 2017 15 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 768 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 150 Watt

E9171 MCM has an age advantage of 6 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon E9171 MCM and GeForce GTX 460 SE v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon E9171 MCM is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon E9171 MCM
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