GeForce GTX 490 vs GTX 460 SE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking615not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.09no data
Power efficiency2.47no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF104GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 November 2010 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores288480
Core clock speed650 MHz608 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature104 °Cno data
Texture fill rate31.2036.48
Floating-point processing power0.7488 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs4860

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm279 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 amount1 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1700 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/s164.0 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.

Number of display connectors2no data
Display Connectors2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 365 Watt

GTX 460 SE has 143.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 490, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 SE and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
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