GeForce GTX 460 Vs 650 [in 4 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	653	720
Place by popularity	not in top-100	81
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.97	1.21
Power efficiency	2.61	4.96
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF104	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 July 2010 (15 years ago)	6 September 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 650 has 25% better value for money than GTX 460.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	336	384
Core clock speed	675 MHz	1058 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	64 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.80	33.86
Floating-point processing power	0.9072 TFLOPS	0.8125 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	56	32
L1 Cache	448 KB	32 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	256 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	147 mm
Height	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	80.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support	+	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	-	+
3D Gaming	-	+
3D Vision	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.1	4.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	+