GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 6950M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6950M, 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 GeForce GTX 460 stacks up against Radeon HD 6950M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 460 has 220% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 460 has 766 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 95 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6950M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 2700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 8−9
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 20−22
medium / 1080p 14−16 10−12
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 27% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF104 Blackcomb Pro
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 12 July 2010 6 January 2011
Pipelines 336 960
Core clock speed 675 MHz 580 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 37.80 27.84
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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