AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1090 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.628 vs 55
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1762.559 vs 970.421
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.26 vs 4.656
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 86.313 vs 76.881
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 617.099 vs 237.944
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 8 August 2016
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.628 vs 55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1762.559 vs 970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.26 vs 4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.313 vs 76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 617.099 vs 237.944

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 4.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1704 MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 23264
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 65217 vs 23264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
23264
65217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.628
55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1762.559
970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.26
4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.313
76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
617.099
237.944
Name AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 4654
PassMark - G2D Mark 338
Geekbench - OpenCL 23264 65217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.628 55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1762.559 970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.26 4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 86.313 76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 617.099 237.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1724
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1730

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Vega 10 Baffin
Launch date 27 June 2017 8 August 2016
Place in performance rating 671 673
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $86
Price now $179.50
Value for money (0-100) 26.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1090 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14
Floating-point performance 2.2 TFLOPs
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Pipelines 896
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 66.08 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 1704 MHz 7000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore