GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 570

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 570
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Dec 2010
GeForce GTX 570

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    166%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

59 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 570

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 570

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 570

The GeForce GTX 570 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 570
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGF110 (GF110-275-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders336vs480
Compute Units7vs15
Core clock675 MHzvs732 MHz
ROPs32vs40
TMUs56vs60

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 570
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs320 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs950 MHz
3800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1280 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 570
TDP160 wattsvs219 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs7 Dec 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    22.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    43.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    152.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 570
    1405.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GTX 570
    5860

Points (higher is better)