NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6990M

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  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6990M.

440
Place in performance rating
391
15.30
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
Terascale 2
GF104
Code name
Blackcomb
Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 July 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
12 July 2011 (10 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$119 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$190
3.85
Value for money
3.27
GF104
GPU code name
Blackcomb XTX
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6990M 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
1120
675 MHz
Core clock speed
715 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
1,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
37.80
Texture fill rate
40.04
907.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,601.6 gflops
336
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1120
1,950 million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
160 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
no data
6-pin & 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 vs AMD Radeon HD 6990M.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
768 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
86.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

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 vs AMD Radeon HD 6990M.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

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

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M 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
11.2 (11_0)
4.1
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon HD 6990M 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 or AMD Radeon HD 6990M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
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

Cheaper ($119 (0.6x MSRP) vs $190)

More maximum RAM amount (768 MB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6990M

2.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1120 vs 336)

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 160 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 86.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 6990M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6990M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 versus AMD Radeon HD 6990M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Unigine Heaven 4.0

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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Octane Render OctaneBench

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Passmark

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User rating

3.6 Out of 93 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score