GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 560 SE

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 560 SE
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Feb 2012
GeForce GTX 560 SE
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    106%
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

Around 6% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GTX 560 SE

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 460

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460

The GeForce GTX 460 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 560 SE
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGF114 (GF114-200-KB-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs332 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,950 million
Shaders336vs288
Compute Units7vs6
Core clock675 MHzvs736 MHz
ROPs32vs24
TMUs56vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 560 SE
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs957 MHz
3828 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 560 SE
TDP160 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs20 Feb 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    8.83 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    35.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    91.90 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    847.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    3300

Points (higher is better)