GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce GTX 460
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 260 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GTX 260 | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200 (G200-100-A2) | vs | GF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 576 mm² | vs | 332 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 1,950 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 336 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 576 MHz | vs | 675 MHz |
| ROPs | 28 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 260 | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 448 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 896 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 260 | | GeForce GTX 460 | |
|---|
| TDP | 182 watts | vs | 160 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Jun 2008 | vs | 12 Jul 2010 |
GeForce GTX 260
16.10 GP/s
GeForce GTX 460
9.45 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 260
36.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 460
37.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 260
112.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 460
115.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 260
476.90 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 460
907.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better