GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

GeForce GTX 460 SE
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Nov 2010
GeForce GTX 460 SE
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Feb 2012
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    100%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    135%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 SE

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

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 SE .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 35% higher average synthetic performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

The Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460 SERadeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-225-A1)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde XT)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders288vs640
Compute Units6vs10
Core clock650 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs48vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460 SERadeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
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 SERadeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
TDP150 wattsvs80 watts
Release Date15 Nov 2010vs15 Feb 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    7.80 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    16.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    31.20 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    40.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    109.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    748.80 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    1280.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    3080
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    4170

Points (higher is better)