Radeon E8870 PCIe vs GeForce 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)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF104Saturn
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 November 2010 (13 years ago)29 September 2015 (9 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 cores288768
Core clock speed650 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature104 °Cno data
Texture fill rate31.2048.00
Floating-point processing power0.7488 TFLOPS1.536 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4848

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 3.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1700 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/s96 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 HDMI4x DisplayPort 1.2
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 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5 (6.0)
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 November 2010 29 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 75 Watt

E8870 PCIe has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 SE and Radeon E8870 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 SE is a desktop card while Radeon E8870 PCIe is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
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