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GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 7970

GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon HD 7970: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Availability

MSRP in USD: $199

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Availability

MSRP in USD: $549

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Key Differences

In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 528 days newer than GeForce GTX 460.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

  • Consumes up to 36% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 160 vs 250 Watts

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970

  • Performs up to 66% better in Fortnite than GeForce GTX 460 - 48 vs 29 FPS
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 - 3 vs 0.75 GB
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Fortnite

Fortnite

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Logo
GeForce GTX 460

Desktop • Jul 12th, 2010


FPS

29

60%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


FPS

48

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Logo
GeForce GTX 460

Desktop • Jul 12th, 2010

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Logo
GeForce GTX 460

Desktop • Jul 12th, 2010


Pixel Fillrate

9.45 GPixel/s

31%

Texel Fillrate

37.8 GTexel/s

31%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo
Radeon HD 7970

Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011


Pixel Fillrate

29.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

118.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

vs
AMD Radeon HD 7970 Logo

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Jul 12th, 2010Release Date
Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce 400GenerationSouthern Islands
$199
MSRP$549
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
0.75 GBMemory
3 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
192-bitBus384-bit
86.4 GB/sBandwidth
264 GB/s
675 MHzBase Clock Speed
925 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
900 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1375 MHz

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