GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Place in the ranking	770	777
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.38
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Kaveri Spectre	GF104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 January 2014 (10 years ago)	11 October 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 cores	512	336
Core clock speed	720 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	36.40
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	56

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	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	210 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	1 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	108.8 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 Connectors	no data	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

18
+12.5%

16−18

−12.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+16.7%

6−7

−16.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and GTX 460 OEM compete in popular games:

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 13% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.05	3.02
Recency	14 January 2014	11 October 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has a 1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and GeForce GTX 460 OEM.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.