VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II vs GeForce GTX 460

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking593not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.16no data
Power efficiency2.55no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF104Zoetrope
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 July 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2006 (18 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 speed675 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data200 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)160 Wattno data
Texture fill rate37.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.9072 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs56no data

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 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
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)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 July 2010 1 October 2006

GTX 460 has an age advantage of 3 years.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 and VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 is a desktop card while VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II is a notebook one.


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