GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 7970
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 7970, 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 7970, check out specs charts below.
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 460
Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
300 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
3 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Radeon HD 7970 has 87% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460.
GeForce GTX 460 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
GeForce GTX 460 has 765 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
GeForce GTX 460 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970 - by 28 nm process technology.
Radeon HD 7970 is 266 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460.
Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 2225 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
10−12
35−40
ultra / 1080p
6−7
21−24
QHD / 1440p
1−2
16−18
4K / 2160p
−
10−11
low / 720p
24−27
60−65
medium / 1080p
14−16
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
18−20
55−60
ultra / 1080p
16−18
45−50
QHD / 1440p
2−3
35−40
4K / 2160p
−
18−20
low / 720p
40−45
100−110
medium / 1080p
20−22
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Battlefield 5 is 210% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
180−190
250−260
medium / 768p
150−160
220−230
ultra / 1080p
75−80
180−190
QHD / 1440p
45−50
110−120
4K / 2160p
30−33
70−75
high / 768p
110−120
210−220
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 75% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
30−35
−
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
95−100
120−130
medium / 768p
80−85
110−120
ultra / 1080p
50−55
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Dota 2 is 49% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
12−14
45−50
ultra / 1080p
12−14
40−45
QHD / 1440p
−
27−30
4K / 2160p
5−6
14−16
low / 720p
30−33
80−85
medium / 1080p
14−16
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Far Cry 5 is 213% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
20−22
60−65
ultra / 1080p
14−16
45−50
QHD / 1440p
−
27−30
4K / 2160p
−
27−30
low / 720p
80−85
180−190
medium / 1080p
40−45
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Fortnite is 155% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
20−22
60−65
ultra / 1080p
16−18
45−50
QHD / 1440p
5−6
30−35
4K / 2160p
−
24−27
low / 720p
40−45
100−110
medium / 1080p
21−24
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Forza Horizon 4 is 200% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
70−75
140−150
medium / 768p
60−65
120−130
high / 1080p
21−24
70−75
ultra / 1080p
9−10
30−35
QHD / 1440p
0−1
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Grand Theft Auto V is 126% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
7−8
24−27
ultra / 1080p
5−6
20−22
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
4K / 2160p
1−2
8−9
low / 720p
21−24
65−70
medium / 1080p
10−11
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Metro Exodus is 244% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
100−110
130−140
ultra / 1080p
95−100
−
medium / 1080p
100−110
120−130
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Minecraft is 23% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
20−22
−
ultra / 1080p
16−18
14−16
low / 720p
45−50
100−110
medium / 1080p
21−24
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 58% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
high / 1080p
12−14
24−27
ultra / 1080p
8−9
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
10−11
4K / 2160p
−
7−8
low / 720p
21−24
65−70
medium / 1080p
14−16
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 157% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
40−45
130−140
medium / 768p
24−27
85−90
high / 1080p
14−16
45−50
ultra / 1080p
9−10
24−27
4K / 2160p
7−8
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 210% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
low / 768p
95−100
90−95
medium / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
27−30
50−55
high / 768p
45−50
60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in World of Tanks is 17% more, than GeForce GTX 460.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 460
Radeon HD 7970
Architecture
Fermi
GCN
Code name
GF104
Tahiti XT
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
12 July 2010
22 December 2011
Pipelines
336
2048
Core clock speed
675 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
Transistor count
1,950 million
4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
37.80
118.4
Floating-point performance
907.2 gflops
3,789 gflops
Length
8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
274 mm
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
264 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
OpenGL
4.1
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
+
FreeSync
+
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCIe 2.1 x16
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
485 Mh/s
Eyefinity
+
Design
reference
CrossFire
+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)
20.71 Mh/s
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