GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 6790

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6790, 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 6790, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 460 has 6% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 460 has 767 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 460 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6790 is 165 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460.
  • GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6790 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6790 is 190 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 460.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460 is 2550 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 18−20
medium / 1080p 14−16 9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than Radeon HD 6790.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF104 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 12 July 2010 4 April 2011
Pipelines 336 800
Core clock speed 675 MHz 840 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 37.80 33.60
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm) 198 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
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
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