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    GeForce GTX 460M vs Radeon HD 6970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 6970M, 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 460M stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 6970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 6970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 460M or Radeon HD 6970M here:

    GeForce GTX 460M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 460M Radeon HD 6970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 6970M has 50% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460M.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 460M has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460M is 670 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 6970M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 460M is 350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
    low / 720p 12−14 24−27
    medium / 1080p 5−6 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 142% more, than GeForce GTX 460M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 460M Radeon HD 6970M
    Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
    Code name N11E-GS Blackcomb XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 September 2010 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 192 960
    Core clock speed 1350 MHz 680 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 16.1 billion/sec 32.64
    Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A N/A
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 33 Mh/s 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
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