GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 650

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 650
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 650

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    122%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

Around 22% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 650

95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 650
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGK106 ()
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders336vs384
Compute Units7vs2
Core clock675 MHzvs1058 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs56vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650
TDP160 wattsvs65 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs27 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 650
    8.46 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 650
    33.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 650
    80.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 650
    812.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GTX 650
    2880

Points (higher is better)