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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

89%
89%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

112%
112%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 is approximately 23% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GF104
GT200B
CoresDifferent
336
240
TMUsDifferent
56
80
ROPs
32
32
Memory Size
1024 MB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR3
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU NameDifferent
GF104
GT200B
GPU VariantDifferent
GF104-325-A1
G200-350-B3
ArchitectureDifferent
Fermi
Tesla 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
55 nm
TransistorsDifferent
1,950 million
1,400 million
DensityDifferent
5.9M / mm²
3.0M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
332 mm²
470 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1724
BGA-1981

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Release DateDifferent
Jul 12th, 2010
Dec 23rd, 2008
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 400
GeForce 200
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 200
GeForce 9
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 500
GeForce 400
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
229 USD
359 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
154 in our database
88 in our database
AvailabilityDifferent
N/A
Jan 15th, 2009

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU ClockDifferent
675 MHz
648 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1350 MHz
1476 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
900 MHz3.6 Gbps effective
1242 MHz2.5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Memory Size
1024 MB
1024 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR3
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
115.2 GB/s
159.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Shading UnitsDifferent
336
240
TMUsDifferent
56
80
ROPs
32
32
SM CountDifferent
7
30
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Pixel RateDifferent
9.450 GPixel/s
20.74 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
37.80 GTexel/s
51.84 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
907.2 GFLOPS
708.5 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
75.60 GFLOPS (1:12)
88.56 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
210 mm8.3 inches
267 mm10.5 inches
TDPDifferent
160 W
204 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
2x DVI1x S-Video
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P1041 SKU 1
P891 SKU 52, P892 SKU 52, P892 SKU 55

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
DirectXDifferent
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDADifferent
2.1
1.3
Shader ModelDifferent
5.1
4.0

Comparison Summary

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