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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M is a high-end laptop graphics card released in 2010. It is based on the GF106 core as part of the Fermi architecture. As a result, the GPU supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0. In contrast to the GT 445M, which only features 144 core, the GTX 460M offers all the 192 shader cores of the GF106. The faster GTX 470M is based on the GF104 and offers even more shader cores at 288.

GF106 architecture

The GF106 core of the GTX 460M is related to the GF100 core of the GeFore GTX 480M and offers 192 shaders and a 192 Bit memory bus for GDDR5. Except for the memory controllers, the GF106 can basically be considered a halved GF104. Therefore, the architecture is not comparable to the old GT215 (e.g., GeForce GTS 350M) or GT216 (e.g., GeForce GT 330M) cores. Unlike the GF100, the smaller GF104, GF106, and GF108 cores have not only been reduced in size, but have also been considerably modified. In contrast to the GF100, which was designed for professional applications, these chips target the consumer market. They feature more shaders (3x16 instead of 2x16), more texture units (8 instead of 4) and SFUs per streaming multi-processor (SM). As there are still only 2 warp schedulers (versus 3 shader groups), Nvidia now uses superscalar execution to use the higher amount of shaders per SM more efficiently. In theory, the shaders can thereby be utilized more effectively and the performance per core can be improved. 

However, in worst case scenarios the performance can also be worse than of the GF100 and its predecessors. The ECC memory protection, which is important for professional applications, was completely omitted and the FP64 hardware shortened (only 1/3 of the shader are FP64-capable and therewith only 1/12 of the FP32’s performance). Because of these cutbacks, the size of the SM  grew only by 25% despite the higher number of shaders and larger warp schedulers with superscalar dispatch capabilities. Due to the different shader architectures and the higher clock rate of the shader domain, the core count of the GTX 460M cannot be directly compared to AMD cores of the Radeon 5000 series (e.g. HD 5850).

Detailed information on the GF104 architecture (and by extension also the GF106 and GF108) can be found in the desktop GTX 460 article by Anandtech.

Performance

Because the GeForce GTX 460M features a new architecture, the performance is not comparable to older chips with a similar core count. In contrast to the Radeon HD 5850, which could optionally use DDR3 memory, the 192 Bit memory bus of the GTX 460M is combined with GDDR5. Furthermore, the Fermi based chips offer a higher Tessellation performance than DX11 chips of the Radeon HD 5000 series.

We ran a set of benchmarks on an early pre-sample of a Toshiba Qosmio X500 with a 740QM CPU. In the synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 460M was on par with the DDR3 based Mobility Radeon HD 5850. In actual game benchmarks and tests, the performance was better than a HD 5850 with GDDR5 on average. In some cases (e.g., Unigine Heaven 2.1 and Dirt 2 Demo), the card even beat a Mobility Radeon HD 5870. On average, the GTX 480M was about 8-18% faster. The detailed benchmark and gaming results (including charts) can be found below.

Features

A novelty of the GF104/106/108 chips is the support for Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI. Similar to the Radeon HD 5850, the GTX 460M can transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream without quality loss to a HiFi receiver.

The GTX460M offers PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 4 (VP4) supports feature set C and therefore the GPU is able to fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP - e.g., DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264 (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation, and Deblocking). The X500 notebook tester was able to decode the VC-1 encoded Elephants Dream video with about 3-6% CPU load (according to the task manager). The H.264 coded Big Buck Bunny video was played back with 1-3% CPU load (both 1080p videos).

Furthermore, the GPU is able to decode two 1080p streams simultaneously (e.g., for Blu-Ray Picture-in-Picture).

Through CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute 2.1 support, the GeForce GTX 460M can be of use in general calculations. For example, the stream processor can encode videos considerably faster than can many modern CPUs. Furthermore, physics calculations can be done by the GPU using PhysX if supported (e.g., Mafia 2 or Metro 2033). For example, the X500’s GPU ran Fluidmark more than 3x faster than its CPU (36 versus 11 fps) in our tests.

According to Nvidia,  3D Vision is supported on the GTX graphics cards. It enables the laptop to send 3D content (3D games, 3D Web Streaming, 3D photos, 3D Blu-Rays) to a built-in 3D enabled screen or an external 3D TV if supported by the laptop manufacturer. 

Unofficially, the power consumption of the GeForce GTX 460M should be about 72 Watt (TDP including the MXM board and memory), which is about the level of the Mobility Radeon HD 5850 - 5870. If not under load, the chip is clocked at 50/100 MHz (chip/shader) and 200/400 in 2D mode and 3D mode, respectively, to save power. Furthermore, the 400M series supports Optimus to automatically switch between the integrated graphics card from Intel and the Nvidia GPU. However, its implementation is dependent on the manufacturer. As current (2010) quad-cores don’t house an integrated GPU, we won’t see many Optimus designs with a GTX 460M GPU before the launch of Sandy Bridge in 2011.

The similarly named desktop GeForce GTX 460 is based on the GF104 chip and offers more shader cores at 336. Therefore, it is significantly faster than the GTX 460M and even the GTX 470M.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

► remove from comparison NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M is a high-end graphics card for laptops based on the Fermi architecture. As a result, it supports DirectX 11 and is produced in 40nm at TSMC. Featuring 352 cores, the GTX480M is similar to the desktop GTX 465 but with a lower clock rate. The GeForce GTX 480M is combined with 2 GB of fast dedicated GDDR5 graphics memory and the overall performance should be generally superior to the Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

The GF100 (aka. Fermi) chip was redesigned from scratch and features 3 billion transistors, assuming all 512 shaders are present. Compared to the desktop HD 5870 with 2.13 billion transistors or the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 (RV870) with 1.04 billion transistors, the GTX 480M die is physically quite large.

The mobile Fermi chip is stripped down to 352 shader cores (1-dimensional) with 32 ROPs and 44 Texture Units. The memory bus is 256 bit wide, but due to the fast GDDR5 memory, this should not be a bottleneck. The power consumption has been specified to 100 Watt TDP when taking into account the MXM board and the 2 GB GDDR5. AMD usually specifies the TDP of the chip alone, therefore this value is not directly comparable with competing Radeon cards. Still, the GTX 480M is only suited for very large desktop replacement (DTR) laptops with an excellent cooling solution. Originally, only Clevo was offering the GTX 480M in its 17" (D901F) and 18" (X8100) barebones.

The performance of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 480M is about 10% better on average than the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870. In demanding DirectX 11 games and benchmarks (that make use of the Tessellation engine), the GTX 480M is even faster. That means the GTX480M is the fastest single GPU graphics solution for laptops as of  early to mid 2010. Modern DirectX 10 games should run fluently in high resolutions and details with antialiasing. Only very demanding games like Crysis or Metro 2033 may need some reduced settings (see list below). Due to the DirectX 11 hardware support (and the good tessellation implementation), the Fermi based laptop graphics card should be well suited for upcoming DirectX 11 games.

As the GeForce 300M series, the GeForce GTX 480M supports PureVideo HD with VideoProcessor 4 (VP4 with Feature Set C). This means the GPU is able to fully decode HD videos in H.254, VC-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 ASP. The graphics card can also accelerate Flash videos by using Flash 10.1 or greater.

The rendering cores of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 480M can be used for general calculations with CUDA or DirectCompute. For example, the encoding of HD videos can be done significantly faster than most modern CPUs by using the shader cores of the GPU instead. PhysX is also supported by the mobile Fermi chip to calculate physics effects in supported games.

Compared to desktop GPUs, the Geforce GTX 480M is comparable to a nunderclocked Nvidia GeForce GTX 465 (607/1200 clock speed) and is therefore on par with a desktop Radeon HD 5770.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI

► remove from comparison NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI is a high-end laptop graphics solution based on two GTX 485M graphics cards. With SLI, each card usually renders a single frame (AFR mode). Therefore, it may suffer from micro stuttering in low fps ranges of 30fps. This happens because of different timespans between two frames (e.g. irregular delays between sequential frames).

The GeForce GTX485M SLI supports the same features as a single GTX 485M card. Therefore, it supports DirectX 11 and is produced in a 40nm fabrication process at TSMC. 

Unlike the GeForce GTX 480M, the 485M is no longer based on a trimmed down GF100 core, but on the GF104 core instead. The latter has been designed for the consumer sector and has 384 cores maximum if completely enabled. More information on the GF104 core can be found on the GTX 485M page.  

The performance of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M SLI is clearly better than the GTX 480M SLI and is therefore the fastest graphics solution for laptops as of early 2011. It allows the user to play all current games in high resolutions and detail settings with Antialiasing activated. Only Metro 2033 and Crysis may stutter with high Antialiasing and maximum details. Compared to a single GTX 485M, the performance from the SLI combination should be about 40% higher on average (with high details and Antialiasing). Compared to Crossfire solutions by AMD, the Nvdia SLI drivers have the advantage as of this writing.

As the GeForce 300M series, the GeForce GTX 485M supports PureVideo HD with VideoProcessor 4 (VP4 with Feature Set C). This means that the GPU is able to fully decode HD videos in H.254, VC-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 ASP. Using Flash 10.1, the graphics card can also accelerate Flash videos.

What's new in the GF104 chips compared to the GF100 (480M) is the support for Bitstream transfer of HD Audio (Blu-Ray) via HDMI. Similar to the HD 5850, the GTX 485M can transmit Dolby True HD and DTS-HD via Bitstream to compatible receivers without quality loss.

The rendering cores of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M can be used for general calculations using CUDA or DirectCompute. In other words, the encoding for HD videos can be done significantly faster by using the shader cores of the GPUs instead of using modern CPUs. PhysX is also supported by the mobile Fermi to calculate physics effects in supported games. Furthermore, a single GTX485M can be used to calculate PhysX while the other card can render frames in the SLI setup.

Compared to desktop GPUs, the Geforce GTX 485M SLI is most similar to two Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 cards running in an SLI configuration.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460MNVIDIA GeForce GTX 480MNVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
GeForce GTX 400M Series
GeForce GTX 485M SLI 768 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 470M SLI 576 @ 0.54 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 480M SLI 704 @ 0.43 GHz256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
GeForce GTX 460M SLI 384 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 485M 384 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 470M 288 @ 0.54 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 480M 352 @ 0.43 GHz256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
GeForce GTX 460M 192 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 485M SLI 768 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 470M SLI 576 @ 0.54 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 480M SLI 704 @ 0.43 GHz256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
GeForce GTX 460M SLI 384 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 485M 384 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 470M 288 @ 0.54 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 480M 352 @ 0.43 GHz256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
GeForce GTX 460M 192 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 485M SLI 768 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 470M SLI 576 @ 0.54 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 480M SLI 704 @ 0.43 GHz256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
GeForce GTX 460M SLI 384 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 485M 384 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 470M 288 @ 0.54 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 480M 352 @ 0.43 GHz256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
GeForce GTX 460M 192 @ 0.68 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
CodenameN11E-GSN11E-GTX-A3N11E-GTX-A1
ArchitectureFermiFermiFermi
Pipelines192 - unified352 - unified768 - unified
Core Speed675 MHz425 MHz575 MHz
Shader Speed1350 MHz850 MHz1150 MHz
Memory Speed1250 MHz1200 MHz1500 MHz
Memory Bus Width192 Bit256 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory1536 MB2048 MB2x2048 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm40 nm40 nm
FeaturesOptimus Support, PureVideo HD VP4, 3D Vision, Bitstream HD Audio, CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL, OpenGL 4.0, DirectX 11, SLI Supported
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement03.09.2010 25.05.2010 06.01.2011
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.com
Power Consumption100 Watt100 Watt
Transistors3 Billion

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1788     avg: 1814     median: 1805 (3%)     max: 1861 Points
min: 2336     avg: 2387     median: 2387 (3%)     max: 2438 Points
5468 Points (8%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1598     avg: 1628     median: 1623 (1%)     max: 1692 Points
min: 2177     avg: 2185     median: 2184.5 (2%)     max: 2192 Points
5334 Points (5%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 6629     avg: 7617     median: 7507 (2%)     max: 8398 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
min: 8467     avg: 8872     median: 8872 (3%)     max: 9277 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
min: 24816     avg: 24830     median: 24830 (7%)     max: 24844 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 6537     avg: 6763     median: 6709 (4%)     max: 7164 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
min: 7854     avg: 7906     median: 7879 (4%)     max: 7986 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
min: 23082     avg: 23092     median: 23092 (13%)     max: 23102 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 33339     avg: 34874     median: 34874 (36%)     max: 36409 Points
min: 37908     avg: 39907     median: 39907 (41%)     max: 41906 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 33712     avg: 35178     median: 35451 (19%)     max: 36383 Points
min: 42919     avg: 43733     median: 43552 (23%)     max: 44727 Points
87591 Points (46%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 17886     avg: 20171     median: 21131 (23%)     max: 21679 Points
min: 18745     avg: 20818     median: 19867 (22%)     max: 23842 Points
29690 Points (33%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
3DMark 06
16957 Points (22%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
3DMark 06
min: 11521     avg: 13112     median: 12942 (17%)     max: 14135 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
min: 13273     avg: 15394     median: 15066.5 (20%)     max: 18731 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
min: 23286     avg: 23415     median: 23415 (31%)     max: 23544 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 23.5     avg: 24     median: 23.9 (4%)     max: 24.7 fps
33.7 fps (6%)
78.5 fps (15%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
10 Points (21%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
10.7 Points (23%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
20.9 Points (44%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
17.9 Points (10%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
12.4 Points (24%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
8.1 Points (12%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
1.1 Points (3%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
0.9 Points (2%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 2.01     avg: 2.1     median: 2.1 (1%)     max: 2.12 fps
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
2.2 fps (1%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 0.66     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (0%)     max: 0.75 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
0.7 fps (0%)
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 3.75     avg: 4.7     median: 4.7 (4%)     max: 5.69 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
6.4 fps (5%)
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 0.84     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (1%)     max: 1.03 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
1.4 fps (2%)
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 5.76     avg: 7     median: 7.2 (5%)     max: 8.03 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
7.4 fps (6%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 5.21     avg: 7.4     median: 7.5 (8%)     max: 9.58 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
10.2 fps (11%)
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 16.85     avg: 17     median: 17 (8%)     max: 17.1 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
22.6 fps (11%)
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 3.24     avg: 3.9     median: 3.8 (2%)     max: 4.67 fps
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
5.2 fps (3%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 6.9     avg: 7     median: 7.1 (90%)     max: 7.1 Points
min: 7.2     avg: 7.3     median: 7.3 (92%)     max: 7.3 Points
7.5 Points (95%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 5.7     avg: 6.9     median: 7.1 (90%)     max: 7.1 Points
min: 7.2     avg: 7.3     median: 7.3 (92%)     max: 7.3 Points
7.5 Points (95%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3566     avg: 4942     median: 5312.5 (4%)     max: 5749 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
4919 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
5658 Points (4%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 26.15     avg: 36.1     median: 36.2 (13%)     max: 41.49 fps
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
min: 30.13     avg: 32.1     median: 32.1 (11%)     max: 34.09 fps
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI
44.8 fps (16%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M → 114% n=12

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI → 220% n=12

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
189.4  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
108  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
73.6  fps
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
102.9 106 ~ 104 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
70.8 71.9 ~ 71 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
51.4 53.2 ~ 52 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
17.8 18.1 ~ 18 fps
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
83.7  fps
200%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
167  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
78.2  fps
160%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
125.1  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
58.5 75.8 86.3 ~ 74 fps
174%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
128.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
47.2 47.8 55.7 55.7 56.5 59.3 ~ 54 fps
220%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
119  fps
Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
543 664 ~ 604 fps
106%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
638  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
301.6 320.6 ~ 311 fps
137%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
426.6  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
194 222.6 ~ 208 fps
148%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
307.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
123.5 130 132.1 133 136.2 136.3 ~ 132 fps
151%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
199.2  fps
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
53.6 92.6 ~ 73 fps
199%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
145.3  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
50.2 67.4 ~ 59 fps
114%
GeForce GTX 480M:
67.1  fps
236%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
139.5  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
46.7 51.2 56.3 62.3 ~ 54 fps
111%
GeForce GTX 480M:
60  fps
245%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
132.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
32.9 33.7 33.9 34 34.4 34.7 34.8 39.2 ~ 35 fps
117%
GeForce GTX 480M:
40.9  fps
292%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
102.2  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
172 193 216.6 ~ 194 fps
167%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
323.8  fps
med. 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
66 73 83.5 ~ 74 fps
61%
GeForce GTX 480M:
45.2  fps
142%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
105.3  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
57 61 65.4 68.4 ~ 63 fps
71%
GeForce GTX 480M:
44.5  fps
150%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
94.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
31.4 31.5 31.6 31.9 32 34.5 36 47.3 ~ 35 fps
105%
GeForce GTX 480M:
36.8  fps
188%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
65.9  fps
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
88 115.8 ~ 102 fps
124%
GeForce GTX 480M:
126  fps
147%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
149.6  fps
med. 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
53.1 54 55.5 ~ 54 fps
119%
GeForce GTX 480M:
58.6 69 ~ 64 fps
261%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
141  fps
high 1600x900
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
24.3 25.2 30 30 35.6 ~ 29 fps
114%
GeForce GTX 480M:
31.3 34 ~ 33 fps
308%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
89.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
9 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.9 10.5 12.7 ~ 10 fps
120%
GeForce GTX 480M:
11.8 12 ~ 12 fps
314%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
31.4  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
80 87.3 ~ 84 fps
129%
GeForce GTX 480M:
108  fps
236%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
198.2  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
65 68.9 ~ 67 fps
121%
GeForce GTX 480M:
64.8 97 ~ 81 fps
287%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
192.4  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
53.5 54.2 57.2 58 59.6 60.6 ~ 57 fps
112%
GeForce GTX 480M:
58 70 ~ 64 fps
296%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
168.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
27.1 29 29.3 29.6 30.1 30.1 31 31.6 32 ~ 30 fps
127%
GeForce GTX 480M:
37 38 ~ 38 fps
323%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
96.8  fps
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
201.9  fps
179%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
361.4  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
73.2  fps
107%
GeForce GTX 480M:
78.6  fps
290%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
212.5  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
58.5 62.5 68.3 ~ 63 fps
108%
GeForce GTX 480M:
68 68 ~ 68 fps
302%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
190.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
41.3 45.2 45.4 45.9 46 47 ~ 45 fps
109%
GeForce GTX 480M:
47.9 51 ~ 49 fps
316%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
142  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
97.7 102.3 ~ 100 fps
189%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
189.2  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
59.3 64 ~ 62 fps
110%
GeForce GTX 480M:
68.4  fps
254%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
157.5  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
40.9 42.6 47.8 ~ 44 fps
111%
GeForce GTX 480M:
48.7  fps
324%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
142.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
12.5 26.5 28 29.3 30.4 31 32.9 ~ 27 fps
133%
GeForce GTX 480M:
33.7 38 ~ 36 fps
404%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
109.1  fps
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
99  fps
152%
GeForce GTX 480M:
150.5  fps
205%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
202.6  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
70.2  fps
137%
GeForce GTX 480M:
96.3  fps
205%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
143.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
47.2 48.3 48.6 48.8 ~ 48 fps
124%
GeForce GTX 480M:
59.7  fps
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
126.7  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
91.9 106.3 ~ 99 fps
75%
GeForce GTX 480M:
74  fps
140%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
138.6  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
61 68 ~ 65 fps
118%
GeForce GTX 480M:
70.7 84 ~ 77 fps
214%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
139  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
41.8 43 43.8 43.9 44 ~ 43 fps
121%
GeForce GTX 480M:
51 52.6 ~ 52 fps
293%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
126  fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
63.5 113 ~ 88 fps
201%
GeForce GTX 480M:
176.5  fps
267%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
234.9  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
58.8 102.9 104.5 ~ 89 fps
126%
GeForce GTX 480M:
94.1 130.5 ~ 112 fps
222%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
197.6  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
69.9 73.8 75.3 ~ 73 fps
114%
GeForce GTX 480M:
81.6 84.4 ~ 83 fps
243%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
177.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
41.6 42.3 42.5 42.5 42.9 ~ 42 fps
112%
GeForce GTX 480M:
46.8 46.9 ~ 47 fps
272%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
114.3  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
123  fps
138%
GeForce GTX 480M:
170  fps
186%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
228.2  fps
ultra 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
44  fps
120%
GeForce GTX 480M:
53  fps
316%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
138.9  fps
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
105  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
61  fps
172%
GeForce GTX 480M:
105  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
229.4  fps
124%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
283.8  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
136.4  fps
148%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
202.4  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
95.5  fps
125%
GeForce GTX 480M:
119  fps
205%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
195.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
48.2 52 ~ 50 fps
122%
GeForce GTX 480M:
61  fps
309%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
154.3  fps
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008
high 1280x1024
GeForce GTX 480M:
53.9  fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
248  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
128  fps
111%
GeForce GTX 480M:
142  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
121.7  fps
143%
GeForce GTX 480M:
174  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
86.4  fps
123%
GeForce GTX 480M:
106  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
41.5 42.1 ~ 42 fps
108%
GeForce GTX 480M:
45.4  fps
Crysis Warhead

Crysis Warhead

2008
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
76  fps
129%
GeForce GTX 480M:
98  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
25  fps
136%
GeForce GTX 480M:
34  fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
317  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
86.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
31.7  fps
167%
GeForce GTX 480M:
52.8  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
297.9 304.3 ~ 301 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
130.6 195.5 ~ 163 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
83 118.6 ~ 101 fps
92%
GeForce GTX 480M:
93  fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
54.7  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
49.2  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
48.4  fps
108%
GeForce GTX 480M:
52.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
37.2  fps
121%
GeForce GTX 480M:
45.1  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
92.6  fps
171%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
158.2  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
70.2  fps
132%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
92.8  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
50.7 52.6 54.6 55.9 ~ 53 fps
118%
GeForce GTX 480M:
62.3  fps
145%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
76.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
12.9 13 13 13.1 14.6 19.4 ~ 14 fps
115%
GeForce GTX 480M:
16.1  fps
309%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
43.3  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
112.4  fps
186%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
209.5  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
70.4  fps
137%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
96.7  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
47.4 49.6 50.5 58.4 ~ 51 fps
114%
GeForce GTX 480M:
58.3  fps
154%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
78.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
12.2 12.2 12.2 12.4 14.4 16.4 ~ 13 fps
119%
GeForce GTX 480M:
15.5  fps
318%
GeForce GTX 485M SLI:
41.4  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
165  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
66  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
62  fps
135%
GeForce GTX 480M:
84  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
27  fps
130%
GeForce GTX 480M:
35  fps
Call of Juarez Benchmark

Call of Juarez Benchmark

2006
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
62.6 64 ~ 63 fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
197  fps
119%
GeForce GTX 480M:
234  fps
Quake 4

Quake 4

2005
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
62  fps
100%
GeForce GTX 480M:
62  fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
81  fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
138  fps
138%
GeForce GTX 480M:
191  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
216  fps
144%
GeForce GTX 480M:
310  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
209  fps
139%
GeForce GTX 480M:
290  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GTX 460M:
643  fps
112%
GeForce GTX 480M:
720  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M → 121%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 115%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI → 223%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 283%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Dirt 3189.410873.6
Crysis 2104715218
Call of Duty: Black Ops83.778.27454
Fifa 11604311208132
Mafia 273595435
StarCraft 2194746335
Metro 2033102542910
Battlefield: Bad Company 284675730
CoD Modern Warfare 2201.973.26345
Risen100624427
Resident Evil 59970.248
Need for Speed Shift126.7996543
Colin McRae: DIRT 288897342
Anno 140412344
Sims 310561
F.E.A.R. 2229.4136.495.550
Left 4 Dead248128
Far Cry 2121.786.442
Crysis Warhead7625
Trackmania Nations Forever31786.531.7
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare301163101
Supreme Commander - FA Bench54.749.248.437.2
Crysis - GPU Benchmark92.670.25314
Crysis - CPU Benchmark112.470.45113
World in Conflict - Benchmark165666227
Call of Juarez Benchmark63
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark197
Quake 462
World of Warcraft81
Counter-Strike Source138
Doom 3216209
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo643
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< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLIlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Call of Duty: Black Ops167125.1128.4119
Fifa 11638426.6307.3199.2
Mafia 2145.3139.5132.4102.2
StarCraft 2323.8105.394.865.9
Metro 2033149.614189.431.4
Battlefield: Bad Company 2198.2192.4168.696.8
CoD Modern Warfare 2361.4212.5190.1142
Risen189.2157.5142.7109.1
Resident Evil 5202.6143.7
Need for Speed Shift138.6139126
Colin McRae: DIRT 2234.9197.6177.2114.3
Anno 1404228.2138.9
F.E.A.R. 2283.8202.4195.9154.3
Crysis - GPU Benchmark158.292.876.743.3
Crysis - CPU Benchmark209.596.778.641.4
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Mafia 267.16040.9
StarCraft 245.244.536.8
Metro 2033126643312
Battlefield: Bad Company 2108816438
CoD Modern Warfare 278.66849
Risen68.448.736
Resident Evil 5150.596.359.7
Need for Speed Shift747752
Colin McRae: DIRT 2176.51128347
Anno 140417053
Sims 3105
F.E.A.R. 211961
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto53.9
Left 4 Dead142
Far Cry 217410645.4
Crysis Warhead9834
Trackmania Nations Forever52.8
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare93
Supreme Commander - FA Bench52.445.1
Crysis - GPU Benchmark62.316.1
Crysis - CPU Benchmark58.315.5
World in Conflict - Benchmark8435
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark234
Quake 462
Counter-Strike Source191
Doom 3310290
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo720
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