AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R7 260
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R7 260 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz
- Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
- Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt
- 4.3x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1625 MHz
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4102 vs 2892
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 577 vs 559
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55 vs 26.189
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 970.421 vs 798.239
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.656 vs 4.223
- Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.881 vs 45.294
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 vs 17 December 2013 |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 67.2 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 768 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt vs 115 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 1625 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4102 vs 2892 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 577 vs 559 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55 vs 26.189 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 970.421 vs 798.239 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.656 vs 4.223 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 vs 45.294 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260
- 698.2x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
- Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 240.395 vs 237.944
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 240.395 vs 237.944 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) | AMD Radeon R7 260 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4102 | 2892 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 577 | 559 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17594 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55 | 26.189 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 970.421 | 798.239 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.656 | 4.223 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 | 45.294 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 237.944 | 240.395 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6821 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 115.4 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) | AMD Radeon R7 260 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | Baffin | Bonaire |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 | 17 December 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | $109 |
| Place in performance rating | 561 | 559 |
| Price now | $179.50 | $89.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 33.86 | 44.11 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Compute units | 14 | |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 2.2 TFLOPs | 1,536 gflops |
| GPU Power | 35-48 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 768 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | 896 |
| Texture fill rate | 67.2 GTexel / s | 48 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 2,080 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | 170 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1 x 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 104 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 1625 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 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 | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
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