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    GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 970

    GeForce GTX 460
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 12 Jul 2010
    GeForce GTX 460
    GeForce GTX 970
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 19 Sep 2014
    GeForce GTX 970

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 460
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      446%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 346% higher average synthetic performance.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 970

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

    The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 970
    GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size332 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors1,950 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders336vs1664
    Compute Units7vs13
    Core clock675 MHzvs1050 MHz
    ROPs32vs56
    TMUs56vs104

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 970
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed900 MHz
    3600 MHz effective    		vs1753 MHz
    7012 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 970
    TDP160 wattsvs148 watts
    Release Date12 Jul 2010vs19 Sep 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 460
      9.45 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      58.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 460
      37.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      109.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 460
      115.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      224.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 460
      907.20 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 970
      3494.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 460
      3530
    • GeForce GTX 970
      15750

    Points (higher is better)

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