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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 460
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 logo AMD Radeon HD 6870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6870
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 25 % 900 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 4050 MHz 0 % 1159 MHz 71.4 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0.7 % 151 W 0 %
Length 292 mm 0 % 289 mm 1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6870
Overall Score 24175 0 % 23944 1 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 5844 0 % 5733 1.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 382.5 6.7 % 409.8 0 %
Average DirectX performance 21.2 FPS 0 % 21.1 FPS 0.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 49.8 FPS 6.9 % 53.4 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 10.1 FPS 32.5 % 15 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 17 FPS 0 % 16 FPS 5.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 979 operations/s 6.7 % 1049.3 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 6870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 45.8 FPS 45.2 FPS
High settings 82.5 FPS 81.4 FPS
Medium settings 99.0 FPS 97.7 FPS
Low settings 138.6 FPS 136.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %

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 6870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 39.3 FPS 38.9 FPS
High settings 70.8 FPS 70.1 FPS
Medium settings 84.9 FPS 84.1 FPS
Low settings 118.9 FPS 117.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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