GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

GeForce GTX 570
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Dec 2010
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 460 v2
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 24 Sep 2011
GeForce GTX 460 v2
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 570
    154%
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 570

Around 54% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 460 v2

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 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 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 570GeForce GTX 460 v2
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-275-A1)vsGF114 (GF114-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs332 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs1,950 million
Shaders480vs336
Compute Units15vs7
Core clock732 MHzvs778 MHz
ROPs40vs24
TMUs60vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 570GeForce GTX 460 v2
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width320 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed950 MHz
3800 MHz effective
vs1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
Memory Size1280 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 570GeForce GTX 460 v2
TDP219 wattsvs160 watts
Release Date7 Dec 2010vs24 Sep 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 570
    22.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    10.90 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 570
    43.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    43.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 570
    152.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    96.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 570
    1405.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    1046.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 570
    5860
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    3800

Points (higher is better)