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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 logo AMD Radeon HD 5870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 5870
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 768 MB 62.5 % 2048 MB 0 %
Core Clock 675 MHz 22.9 % 875 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 4050 MHz 0 % 1200 MHz 70.4 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 34.2 % 228 W 0 %
Length 292 mm 0 % 279 mm 4.5 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 5870
Overall Score 24170 0 % 23918 1 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5842 0 % 5721 2.1 %
2D Benchmark Score 381.7 5.7 % 404.7 0 %
Average DirectX performance 21.4 FPS 0 % 20.4 FPS 4.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 50.5 FPS 2 % 51.5 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 10 FPS 37.3 % 16 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 17 FPS 0 % 14.1 FPS 17.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 985.9 operations/s 5.7 % 1045.3 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 5870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 5870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 45.8 FPS 45.1 FPS
High settings 82.4 FPS 81.2 FPS
Medium settings 98.8 FPS 97.4 FPS
Low settings 138.4 FPS 136.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 5870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 5870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 39.5 FPS 39.1 FPS
High settings 71.1 FPS 70.3 FPS
Medium settings 85.3 FPS 84.4 FPS
Low settings 119.4 FPS 118.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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