GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition with GeForce GTX 460 OEM, including specs and performance data.

R9 M295X Mac Edition
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
13.39
+349%

R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms GTX 460 OEM by a whopping 349% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking383780
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.671.36
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameAmethystGF104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date23 November 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 cores2048336
Core clock speed850 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate108.836.40
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12856

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1362 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth174.3 GB/s108.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/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 13.39 2.98
Recency 23 November 2014 11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

R9 M295X Mac Edition has a 349.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 460 OEM, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 460 OEM is a desktop one.


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