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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 is a graphics card. It has 336 shading units, 768 MB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 675 MHz and a 160 W board power rating. It scores 2,269 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

GF104-300-KA-A1

5/10 key specs recorded · 22 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

336cores

Memory

768 MB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

675 MHz base

Board power

160 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 scores 2,269 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 68.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #912), measured across 6,970 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 395.

PassMark G3D Mark

2,269

Rank #912
Faster than 68.4% of 2,658 GPUs
6,970 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 50 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 58.4% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 51% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 17 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 46.4% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 8 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 29.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 979 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 46.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 averages DirectX 9 50 fps, DirectX 10 10 fps, DirectX 11 17 fps, DirectX 12 8 fps and GPU Compute 979 ops/s, across 6,970 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 768 MB

Core clock 675 MHz

Memory clock 3600 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 150 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-15

Samples 6,970

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 768 MB of memory, a core clock of 675 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-15. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SEV2, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460X2, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GF104-300-KA-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 1,950 M

Die size 332 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 uses the GF104-300-KA-A1 graphics processor, contains 1,950 million transistors and has a die size of 332 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 336

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 56

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 has 336 shading units and 56 texture mapping units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460.

Clock speeds

Base clock 675 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 runs at a base clock of 675 MHz.

Memory

Size 768 MB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 is equipped with 768 MB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 has a board power rating of 160 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 160 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 400 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 2,269

PassMark G2D 395

Rank #912

Samples 6,970

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 has 768 MB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 has a board power rating of 160 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 scores 2,269 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 68.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #912. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 8 fps.