AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs NVIDIA GeForce 705M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 and NVIDIA GeForce 705M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M460

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • 4.6x more texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 6.1x better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1071 vs 456
  • 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.679 vs 4.569
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 358.673 vs 115.15
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.572 vs 0.373
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.024 vs 7.904
  • 7.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.168 vs 11.055
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1767 vs 1131
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2772 vs 1629
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1767 vs 1131
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2772 vs 1629
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 27 September 2013
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1071 vs 456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679 vs 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673 vs 115.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572 vs 0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024 vs 7.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168 vs 11.055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 vs 1629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 vs 1629

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 705M

  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 455 vs 205
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 455 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 705M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1071
456
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
205
455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.679
4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
358.673
115.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.572
0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.024
7.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.168
11.055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
1629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
1629
Name AMD Radeon R7 M460 NVIDIA GeForce 705M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1071 456
PassMark - G2D Mark 205 455
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673 115.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572 0.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024 7.904
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168 11.055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 1629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 1629

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M460 NVIDIA GeForce 705M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Meso GF117
Launch date 15 May 2016 27 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1242 1244
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 738 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s 5.904 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Shared memory 0 0
Memory type DDR3
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus