ATI Radeon HD 2950 XTX 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)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGF114RV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (13 years ago)no data
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 cores336320
Core clock speed779 MHz777 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate43.6212.43
Floating-point processing power1.046 TFLOPS0.4973 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs5616

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1126 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.19 GB/s72.06 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-HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 110 Watt

GTX 460 v2 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 2950 XTX, on the other hand, has 45.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 2950 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.


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