GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs Quadro 4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 4000 with GeForce GTX 460 OEM, including specs and performance data.

Quadro 4000
2010
2 GB GDDR5, 142 Watt
3.83
+28.5%

4000 outperforms GTX 460 OEM by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking706780
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.18no data
Power efficiency1.851.36
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100GF104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date2 November 2010 (14 years ago)11 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores256336
Core clock speed475 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)142 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate15.2036.40
Floating-point processing power0.4864 TFLOPS0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs3256

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
Length241 mm210 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed702 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth89.86 GB/s108.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.02.1

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 3.83 2.98
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 150 Watt

Quadro 4000 has a 28.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 5.6% lower power consumption.

The Quadro 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 4000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 460 OEM is a desktop one.


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