NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6850.

459
Place in performance rating
470
11.50
Value for money (0-100)
13.93
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GF114
Code name
Barts
Desktop
Type
Desktop
24 September 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
21 October 2010 (11 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$235 (1.2x MSRP)
Price now
$285 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
1.61
Value for money
1.19
GF114
GPU code name
Barts
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6850 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

336
Pipelines
960
779 MHz
Core clock speed
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1,950 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
127 Watt
43.62
Texture fill rate
37.20
1,045.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,488.0 gflops
336
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1,950 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
160 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
127 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
210 mm
Length
198 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Bus support
AGP

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
4008 MHz
Memory clock speed
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96.19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 or AMD Radeon HD 6850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
AMD Radeon HD 6850
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Cheaper ($235 (1.2x MSRP) vs $285 (1.6x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850

More pipelines (960 vs 336)

Less power consumption (127 Watt vs 160 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 96.19 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 or AMD Radeon HD 6850?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 versus AMD Radeon HD 6850 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.9 Out of 9 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 44 Hitesti Score