GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 670

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 670
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2012
GeForce GTX 670

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    264%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 164% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 670

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670

The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 670
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-325-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders336vs1344
Compute Units7vs7
Core clock675 MHzvs915 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs56vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 670
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 670
TDP160 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs10 May 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 670
    25.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 670
    102.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 670
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 670
    2460.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GTX 670
    9330

Points (higher is better)