GeForce4 MX 440-SE vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking638not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.86no data
Power efficiency2.08no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGF114NV17 A3
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (13 years ago)6 February 2002 (22 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 cores336no data
Core clock speed779 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Wattno data
Texture fill rate43.621.000
Floating-point processing power1.046 TFLOPSno data
ROPs242
TMUs564

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.19 GB/s5.312 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 September 2011 6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GTX 460 v2 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 v2 and GeForce4 MX 440-SE. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
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