AMD Radeon E9171 MCM vs AMD Radeon R7 M460

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9171 MCM and AMD Radeon R7 M460 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 27.321 vs 19.679
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 924.953 vs 358.673
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.499 vs 1.572
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.632 vs 30.024
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.705 vs 85.168
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 October 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.321 vs 19.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 924.953 vs 358.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.499 vs 1.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.632 vs 30.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.705 vs 85.168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9171 MCM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M460

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.321
19.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
924.953
358.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.499
1.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.632
30.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
97.705
85.168
Name AMD Radeon E9171 MCM AMD Radeon R7 M460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.321 19.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 924.953 358.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.499 1.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.632 30.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.705 85.168
PassMark - G3D Mark 1071
PassMark - G2D Mark 205
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E9171 MCM AMD Radeon R7 M460

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Lexa Meso
Launch date 3 October 2017 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1239 1242
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1125 MHz
Core clock speed 1124 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0