GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs Radeon HD 5970

Place in performance ranking	553	627
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.82	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Hemlock	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 November 2009 (14 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$69 (0.1x 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 cores	1600	336
Core clock speed	725 MHz	675 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	294 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	58.00	no data
Floating-point performance	2x 2,320.0 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

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API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

ATI HD 5970 5.94
+35.6%

GTX 460 768MB 4.38

Radeon HD 5970 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 768MB by 36% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

ATI HD 5970 3690
+76.4%

GTX 460 768MB 2092

Radeon HD 5970 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 768MB by 76% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.