GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon R9 380, 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 R9 380, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 18% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 460 has 764 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 380 is 213 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 2630 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

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 R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than GeForce GTX 460.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon R9 380
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF104 Tonga Pro
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 12 July 2010 26 June 2015
Pipelines 336 1792
Core clock speed 675 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.80 108.6
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm) 221 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.1 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCIe 3.0
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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Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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