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.

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon R7 260

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: 575 vs 559
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.048 vs 26.189
Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 798.239
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.655 vs 4.223
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.807 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	575 vs 559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048 vs 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	969.655 vs 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.655 vs 4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.807 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 239.111

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395 vs 239.111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4102

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

575

559

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.048

26.189

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

969.655

798.239

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.655

4.223

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.807

45.294

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

239.111

240.395

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102	2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	575	559
Geekbench - OpenCL	17646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048	26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	969.655	798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.655	4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.807	45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	239.111	240.395
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	115.4
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1724

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
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	551	555
Price now	$179.50	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	33.86	44.11
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
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
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