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GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs Radeon HD 4870 X2
Intro
The GeForce GTX 460 1GB features clock speeds of 675 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4870 X2, which has core speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 800(160x5) SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.
Battlefield Bad Company 2
| Settings: | High Quality |
| AA: | 4x |
| AF: | 8x |
| Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Test Machine: | Tom's Hardware Test Machine (Source) |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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60 FPS |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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36 FPS |
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Left4Dead 2
| Settings: | Very High |
| AA: | 8x |
| AF: | 16x |
| Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Test Machine: | Tom's Hardware Test Machine (Source) |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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134 FPS |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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86 FPS |
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Supreme Commander 2
| Settings: | High |
| AA: | 8x |
| AF: | 16x |
| Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Test Machine: | Tom's Hardware Test Machine (Source) |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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99 FPS |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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77 FPS |
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Radeon HD 4870 X2 wins
(Based entirely on the benchmarks listed above)
When combining all game benchmark scores on this page together, the Radeon HD 4870 X2 wins overall, by 94 FPS. Please note that we do not have the results of every benchmark ever done for these cards, so the results may differ wildly in different games.
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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293 FPS |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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199 FPS |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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160 Watts |
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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350 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 4870 X2 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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230400 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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115200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 4870 X2 will be a lot (more or less 59%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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60000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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37800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 4870 X2 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)| Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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24000 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 1GB |
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21600 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.
Price Comparison
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
GeForce GTX 460 1GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 4870 X2Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 460 1GB | Radeon HD 4870 X2 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | July 2010 | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Code Name | GF104 | R700 |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 (PCIe bridge) |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB (x2) |
| Core Speed | 675 MHz | 750 MHz (x2) |
| Shader Speed | 1350 MHz | (N/A) MHz (x2) |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz | 900 MHz (x2) |
| Unified Shaders | 336 | 800(160x5) (x2) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 56 | 40 (x2) |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 16 (x2) |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit (x2) |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 3.0 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 160 watts | 350 watts |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Bandwidth | 115200 MB/sec | 230400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 37800 Mtexels/sec | 60000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 24000 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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