GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
GeForce GTX 460 v2

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 188 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5870 has 17% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 5870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 71 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5870 is 72 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 792 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 21−24 24−27
medium / 1080p 12−14 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than GeForce GTX 460 v2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 v2 Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Cypress
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 24 September 2011 23 September 2009
Pipelines 336 1600
Core clock speed 779 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 43.62 68.00
Floating-point performance 1,045.6 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 210 mm 282 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96.19 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 75 Mh/s
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