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    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.
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    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

    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.

    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
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