GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs Quadro FX 4800

Place in the ranking	826	780
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Power efficiency	1.17	1.36
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GT200B	GF104
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 November 2008 (16 years ago)	11 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	192	336
Core clock speed	602 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.53	36.40
Floating-point processing power	0.4623 TFLOPS	0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	32
TMUs	64	56

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 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	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	108.8 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 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	1.3	2.1

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	2.55	2.98
Recency	11 November 2008	11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm

FX 4800 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 460 OEM, on the other hand, has a 16.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 460 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 460 OEM is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.