GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 745 OEM

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 745 OEM
Memory: 4096Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Feb 2014
GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    112%
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

Around 12% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 745 OEM

105 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 745 OEM
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGM107 (GM107-300-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs148 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,870 million
Shaders336vs384
Compute Units7vs3
Core clock675 MHzvs1033 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs56vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 745 OEM
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 745 OEM
TDP160 wattsvs55 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs18 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    16.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    24.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    793.30 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    3140

Points (higher is better)