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    GeForce GTX 460M vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 7970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 460M and Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M here:

    GeForce GTX 460M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 460M Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 100 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 7970M has 100% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 460M.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 460M has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 460M is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • GeForce GTX 460M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 3550 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 460M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 12−14 35−40
    medium / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 271% more, than GeForce GTX 460M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 460M Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N11E-GS Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 September 2010 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 192 1280
    Core clock speed 1350 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 16.1 billion/sec 68.00
    Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 33 Mh/s 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
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