GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs Radeon R9 M275X

Place in the ranking	686	777
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.38
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Venus	GF104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	28 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	640	336
Compute units	10	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,500 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.00	36.40
Floating-point processing power	1.184 TFLOPS	0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	40	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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	108.8 GB/s

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 outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
Mantle	+	-
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	4.19	3.02
Recency	28 January 2014	11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

R9 M275X has a 38.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R9 M275X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M275X is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 460 OEM is a desktop one.

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