GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTS 450
Summary
GeForce GTX 460
166%
GeForce GTS 450
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 |
| Around 66% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GTS 450 |
| 54 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460
The GeForce GTX 460 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 | | GeForce GTS 450 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1) | vs | GF106 (GF106-250-KA-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 336 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 783 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 | | GeForce GTS 450 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 902 MHz
3608 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 460 | | GeForce GTS 450 | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 106 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Jul 2010 | vs | 13 Sep 2010 |
GeForce GTX 460
9.45 GP/s
GeForce GTS 450
6.26 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
37.80 GT/s
GeForce GTS 450
25.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
115.00 GB/s
GeForce GTS 450
57.70 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
907.20 GFLOPs
GeForce GTS 450
601.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
3530
GeForce GTS 450
2120
Points (higher is better)