GeForce GTX 460 and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce GTX 460
2330
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF104
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2010
October 2009
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
907.2 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
48
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
37.80
15.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.1
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A