GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1403not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.58no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameRV630GF114
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (18 years ago)24 September 2011 (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 cores120336
Core clock speed594 MHz779 MHz
Number of transistors390 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate4.75243.62
Floating-point processing power0.1426 TFLOPS1.046 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs856
L1 Cacheno data448 KB
L2 Cache64 KB512 KB

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 8xPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1280 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed396 MHz1002 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.67 GB/s128.3 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 24 September 2011
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 160 Watt

ATI HD 2600 PRO AGP has 357.1% lower power consumption.

GTX 460 v2 ES, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP and GeForce GTX 460 v2 ES. We've got no test results to judge.

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