AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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: 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 R7 M460

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M460

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 837 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.679 vs 12.446
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 358.673 vs 278.161
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.572 vs 0.883
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.024 vs 14.778
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.168 vs 25.74

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 837 MHz
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.679 vs 12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	358.673 vs 278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.572 vs 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.024 vs 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	85.168 vs 25.74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1238 vs 1054
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 198
4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 4999

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1238 vs 1054
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 198
Geekbench - OpenCL	19809 vs 4999

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1054

1238

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

305

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4999

19809

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.679

12.446

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

358.673

278.161

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.572

0.883

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

30.024

14.778

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

85.168

25.74

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M460	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1054	1238
PassMark - G2D Mark	198	305
Geekbench - OpenCL	4999	19809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.679	12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	358.673	278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.572	0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.024	14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	85.168	25.74
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 R7 M460	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Meso	GK107
Launch date	15 May 2016	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	1218	1221
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1125 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	837 MHz
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops	642.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s	26.78 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,270 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 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Shared memory	0
Memory type		DDR3