GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5830
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 5830 and GeForce GTX 460 OEM, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 5830 outperforms 460 OEM by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 723 | 830 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.81 | 1.43 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Cypress | GF104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 February 2010 (15 years ago) | 11 October 2010 (15 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 cores | 1120 | 336 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | 1,950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 44.80 | 36.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.792 TFLOPS | 0.8736 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 112 KB | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 282 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 108.8 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
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 | 4.08 | 2.77 |
| Recency | 25 February 2010 | 11 October 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 150 Watt |
ATI HD 5830 has a 47.3% higher aggregate performance score.
GTX 460 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 16.7% lower power consumption.
The Radeon HD 5830 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.
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