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    GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

    GeForce GTX 470
    Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 26 Mar 2010
    GeForce GTX 470
    GeForce GTX 460 SE
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 15 Nov 2010
    GeForce GTX 460 SE
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 470
      151%
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 470

    Around 51% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 SE

    65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 470 .
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 470

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 470

    The GeForce GTX 470 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 460 SE
    GPU NameGF100 (GF100-275-A3)vsGF104 (GF104-225-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
    Die Size529 mm²vs332 mm²
    Transistors3,100 millionvs1,950 million
    Shaders448vs288
    Compute Units14vs6
    Core clock608 MHzvs650 MHz
    ROPs40vs32
    TMUs56vs48

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 460 SE
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width320 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed837 MHz
    3348 MHz effective    		vs850 MHz
    3400 MHz effective
    Memory Size1280 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 460 SE
    TDP215 wattsvs150 watts
    Release Date26 Mar 2010vs15 Nov 2010

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 470
      17.00 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      7.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 470
      34.00 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      31.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 470
      134.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      109.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 470
      1089.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      748.80 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 470
      4680
    • GeForce GTX 460 SE
      3080

    Points (higher is better)

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