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GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Radeon HD 5970
Intro
The GeForce GTX 460 2GB has a core clock speed of 675 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 336 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5970, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1600 Stream Processors, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 460 2GB |
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160 Watts |
| Radeon HD 5970 |
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294 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon HD 5970 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 5970 |
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256000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 2GB |
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115200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 5970 is a lot (approximately 514%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 5970 |
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232000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 2GB |
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37800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 5970 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, by far. (explain)| Radeon HD 5970 |
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92800 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 2GB |
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21600 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.
Price Comparison
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 460 2GB | Radeon HD 5970 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | July 2010 | November 2009 |
| Code Name | GF104 | Hemlock XT |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 1024 MB (x2) |
| Core Speed | 675 MHz | 725 MHz (x2) |
| Memory Speed | 3600 MHz | 4000 MHz (x2) |
| Power (Max TDP) | 160 watts | 294 watts |
| Bandwidth | 115200 MB/sec | 256000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 37800 Mtexels/sec | 232000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 21600 Mpixels/sec | 92800 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 336 | 1600 (x2) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 56 | 160 (x2) |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 64 (x2) |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit (x2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 1950 million | 2154 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
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Radeon HD 5970Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
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