AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1075 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 1000x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65257 vs 42809
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 January 2017 vs 2 June 2015
Core clock speed 1090 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 65257 vs 42809

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 76.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate 176 billion / sec vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
65257
42809
Name AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL 65257 42809
PassMark - G3D Mark 13809
PassMark - G2D Mark 852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5754

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Baffin GM200
Launch date 17 January 2017 2 June 2015
Place in performance rating 309 306
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Price now $679.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.43

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1075 MHz
Core clock speed 1090 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,458 gflops 6,060 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 2816
Texture fill rate 76.8 GTexel / s 176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 8,000 million
CUDA cores 2816

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin + 8-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
SLI options 4x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB / s 336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround