AMD Radeon R8 M445DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 675 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 704 vs 336
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21666 vs 7699

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 12 July 2010
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 675 MHz
Pipelines	704 vs 336
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666 vs 7699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3351 vs 1427
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3351 vs 1427
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 384 vs 181
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 797
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2636
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2636

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3351 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3351 vs 1427
PassMark - G2D Mark	384 vs 181
PassMark - G3D Mark	2263 vs 797
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 2636

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

3351

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

384

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

797

2263

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

21666

7699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2636

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2636

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3356

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1427	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1427	3351
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	384
PassMark - G3D Mark	797	2263
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666	7699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		617.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.61
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi
Code name	Meso	GF104
Launch date	15 May 2016	12 July 2010
Place in performance rating	1006	931
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	704	336
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,950 million
Floating-point performance		907.2 gflops
Texture fill rate		37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		160 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.1
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	128 + 64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	DDR4 / DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		768 MB
Memory bandwidth		86.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI