NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF106GPU NameGF110
N11E-GS-A1Model numberGF110-351-A1
FermiArchitectureFermi 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size40 nm
1,170 millionTransistors3,000 million
238 mm²Die Size520 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 3rd, 2010Release DateMar 24th, 2011
GeForce 400MFamilyGeForce 500
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 300MPredecessorGeForce 400
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1536 MBMemory Size1536 MB x2
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus384 bit x2

Clock Speeds

625 MHz
2.5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock854 MHz
3.4 Gbps effective
675 MHzGPU Clock608 MHz

Render Config

32TMUs64 x2
24ROPs48 x2

Board Design

50 WThermal design power (TDP)365 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors3x DVI
1x mini-DisplayPort

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model5.1
2.1CUDA2.0