Radeon HD 6930 vs GeForce GTX 465
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon HD 6930, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6930 outperforms GTX 465 by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 555 | 537 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.16 | 2.00 |
| Power efficiency | 2.53 | 2.86 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Cayman |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 31 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | $180 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
HD 6930 has 72% better value for money than GTX 465.
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 | 352 | 1280 |
| CUDA cores | 352 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 607 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 2,640 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 186 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 26.75 | 60.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8554 TFLOPS | 1.92 TFLOPS |
| Compute performance | 30x | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 44 | 80 |
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 support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 220 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 102.6 GB/s | 153.6 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 | Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
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 | 6.89 | 7.25 |
| Recency | 31 May 2010 | 1 December 2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 186 Watt |
HD 6930 has a 5.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 7.5% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon HD 6930.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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