AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 and NVIDIA GeForce 830M 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) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • Around 47% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1090 vs 1005
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 207 vs 134
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4999 vs 4163
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.679 vs 16.955
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 358.673 vs 156.544
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.572 vs 1.013
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.024 vs 17.81
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.168 vs 67.443
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2294 vs 1729
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2294 vs 1729
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1090 vs 1005
PassMark - G2D Mark 207 vs 134
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 vs 4163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679 vs 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673 vs 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572 vs 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024 vs 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168 vs 67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 vs 1729

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3589 vs 1767
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 2772
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3589 vs 1767
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 2772
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3589 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 2772
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3589 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 2772

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 830M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1090
1005
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
207
134
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4999
4163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.679
16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
358.673
156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.572
1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.024
17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.168
67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3352
Name AMD Radeon R7 M460 NVIDIA GeForce 830M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1090 1005
PassMark - G2D Mark 207 134
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 4163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168 67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 3352

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M460 NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Maxwell
Code name Meso GM108
Launch date 15 May 2016 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1220 1223
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1082 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 256
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s 18.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 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

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus