GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs Radeon R7 250X

GeForce GTX 460 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Oct 2010
GeForce GTX 460 OEM
Radeon R7 250X
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 250X
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Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 OEM

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 250X

70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 OEM .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460 OEMRadeon R7 250X
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-325-A1)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde XT)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders336vs640
Compute Units7vs10
Core clock650 MHzvs950 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs56vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460 OEMRadeon R7 250X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed850 MHz
3400 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460 OEMRadeon R7 250X
TDP150 wattsvs80 watts
Release Date11 Oct 2010vs13 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460 OEM
    9.10 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 250X
    15.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460 OEM
    36.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 250X
    38.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460 OEM
    109.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 250X
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460 OEM
    873.60 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 250X
    1216.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better