GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 vs Quadro FX 4600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1080 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.57 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | G80 | GF114 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 March 2007 (17 years ago) | 15 November 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 96 | 288 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | 1,950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 134 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 24.00 | 31.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2304 TFLOPS | 0.7488 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 24 |
| TMUs | 24 | 48 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 768 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 67.2 GB/s | 81.6 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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 March 2007 | 15 November 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 134 Watt | 150 Watt |
FX 4600 has 11.9% lower power consumption.
GTX 460 SE v2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4600 and GeForce GTX 460 SE v2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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