AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 6.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4102 vs 2169
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 461
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17646 vs 14263
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.048 vs 33.836
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 506.712
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.655 vs 3.01
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.807 vs 49.787
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 239.111 vs 153.657
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 3707
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1723 vs 711
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 August 2016 vs 15 February 2012
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4102 vs 2169
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 461
Geekbench - OpenCL 17646 vs 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048 vs 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 vs 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.655 vs 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.807 vs 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 239.111 vs 153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 vs 3707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1723 vs 711

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

  • 581.8x better floating-point performance: 1,280 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
  • 32.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3707 vs 115.4
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,280 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3707 vs 115.4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4102
2169
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
574
461
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17646
14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55.048
33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
969.655
506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.655
3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.807
49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
239.111
153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6821
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
115.4
3707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1723
711
Name AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 4102 2169
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 461
Geekbench - OpenCL 17646 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.655 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.807 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 239.111 153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 115.4 3707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1723 711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 14630

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Baffin Cape Verde
Design Radeon RX 400 Series AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 8 August 2016 15 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $86 $159
Place in performance rating 551 558
Price now $179.50
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 33.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 14
Core clock speed 1090 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.2 TFLOPs 1,280 gflops
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 640
Stream Processors 896 640
Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel / s 40 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 210 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
CrossFire