In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition are significantly better than the Nvidia Quadro K2200.

The GTX 460 has a 98 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Texture Mapping Units than the Quadro K2200. This results in the GTX 460 providing 16.1 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.

The GTX 460 has a 98 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Render Output Units than the Quadro K2200. This results in the GTX 460 providing 13.8 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The Quadro K2200 was released over three years more recently than the GTX 460, and so the Quadro K2200 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GTX 460 when running the latest games.

The Quadro K2200 has 3072 MB more video memory than the GTX 460, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. However, the overall memory performance is about the same.

The GTX 460 has 38.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Quadro K2200, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 460 is noticeably better than the Quadro K2200.

The Quadro K2200 has 640 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition has 336. However, the actual shader performance of the Quadro K2200 is 576 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 460 is 514. The Quadro K2200 having 62 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GTX 460 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The Quadro K2200 transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 460. This means that the Quadro K2200 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 460.

The Quadro K2200 requires 68 Watts to run but there is no entry for the GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition. We would recommend a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the Quadro K2200 and a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the GTX 460. The two GPUs have been recommended a PSU with the same amount of wattage. As such, there is no need to worry about which will more significantly affect your yearly electricity bills.