NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 3870 X2
1.83

GeForce GTX 460 768MB outperforms Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 139% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking872626
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.04no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameR680no data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 January 2008 (16 years old)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data
Current price$254 (0.6x MSRP)$149
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores320336
Core clock speed825 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors666 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattno data
Texture fill rate13.20no data
Floating-point performance2x 528.0 gflopsno data

Size and 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 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1802 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.66 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

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:

Full HD18−20
−161%
47
+161%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.83 4.38

The GeForce GTX 460 768MB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3870 X2 in performance tests.


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