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GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Radeon HD 5970

Intro

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB has a GPU core speed of 675 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 336 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 5970, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 1600 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 160 Watts
Radeon HD 5970 294 Watts
Difference: 134 Watts (84%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 5970 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5970 256000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 115200 MB/sec
Difference: 140800 (122%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5970 will be quite a bit (approximately 514%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 5970 232000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 194200 (514%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 5970 should be quite a bit (about 330%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon HD 5970 92800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 71200 (330%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 460 2GB Radeon HD 5970
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year July 2010 November 2009
Code Name GF104 Hemlock XT
Memory 2048 MB 1024 MB (x2)
Core Speed 675 MHz 725 MHz (x2)
Memory Speed 3600 MHz 4000 MHz (x2)
Power (Max TDP) 160 watts 294 watts
Bandwidth 115200 MB/sec 256000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 37800 Mtexels/sec 232000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 21600 Mpixels/sec 92800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 1600 (x2)
Texture Mapping Units 56 160 (x2)
Render Output Units 32 64 (x2)
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit (x2)
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1950 million 2154 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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Comments

One Response to “GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Radeon HD 5970”
leo says:

hola sres, de esta pagina, les escribo xke hace 1 año ke entre en el mundo de las placas de video y a jugar un poco mas, y estoy x cambiar mi placa y hace 2 dias conoci la ati 5970, y entre aqui a su pagina que desde hace ya un tiempo siempre la uso para compara placas, y al comparar esta placa la ati 5970 con cualquier otra placa ya sea de geforce o de ati ej la titan o la 7970 o la ultima belleza de ati la 7990.y me doy que con los datos de los resultados ke proveen, la ati 5970 es la placa mas poderosa ke existe eso es asi? o hay algun dato mal cargado y x eso da que supera a absolutamente a todas! espero ke m puedan sacar de la duda y a la vez a ayudarm a elegir mi proxima placa de video. desd ya muchas gracias

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