FirePro V5900 vs GeForce GTX 460

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and GeForce GTX 460, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V5900 stacks up against GeForce GTX 460, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 GeForce GTX 460
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 160 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 768 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 460 has 113% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 has 766 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and GeForce GTX 460 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 75 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 and GeForce GTX 460 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V5900 is 222 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 1600 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 10−12
ultra / 1080p 2−3 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 1−2
low / 720p 14−16 24−27
medium / 1080p 7−8 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 GeForce GTX 460
Architecture TeraScale 3 Fermi
Code name Cayman GF104
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 12 July 2010
Pipelines 512 336
Core clock speed 600 MHz 675 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 37.80
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 907.2 gflops
Length 230 mm 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 86.4 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.1
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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