GRID M3-3020 vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

Place in the ranking	634	522
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.78	no data
Power efficiency	2.11	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GF114	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	24 September 2011 (13 years ago)	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	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 cores	336	640
Core clock speed	779 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1306 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	43.62	52.24
Floating-point processing power	1.046 TFLOPS	1.672 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	16
TMUs	56	40

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-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	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1002 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96.19 GB/s	83.2 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	2.1	5.0

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	4.85	7.66
Recency	24 September 2011	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm

GRID M3-3020 has a 57.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 v2 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 v2 is a desktop card while GRID M3-3020 is a workstation one.

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