AMD Radeon Pro 460 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 460 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 460

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 81% higher boost clock speed: 907 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 58.05 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
42.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 1200 MHz
12.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3453 vs 270
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 679 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 October 2016 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Boost clock speed	907 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.05 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3453 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	679 vs 264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3453

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

264

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 460	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3453	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	679	264
Geekbench - OpenCL	15336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	44.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	594.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	55.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	226.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 460	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Baffin	G71
Launch date	30 October 2016	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	634	631
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	907 MHz	500 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,858 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024	24
Texture fill rate	58.05 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	81.28 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0