GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce GTX 460
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 250 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTS 250 | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92B (G92-428-B1) | vs | GF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 260 mm² | vs | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 336 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 702 MHz | vs | 675 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTS 250 | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTS 250 | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 160 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Mar 2009 | vs | 12 Jul 2010 |
GeForce GTS 250
11.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 460
9.45 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 250
44.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 460
37.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 250
64.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 460
115.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTS 250
387.10 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 460
907.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better