AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 370X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 370X 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 11 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1030 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5600 MHz
Launch date 8 August 2016 vs 27 August 2015
Core clock speed 1090 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
  • 1198.6x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 17592
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.071 vs 55
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1139.703 vs 970.421
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.39 vs 4.656
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.44 vs 76.881
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 237.944
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 6821
  • 72.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 115.4
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 896
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 vs 17592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 vs 55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 vs 970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 vs 4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 vs 76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 vs 237.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 115.4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370X

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17592
25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55
65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
970.421
1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.656
5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.881
88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
237.944
337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6821
8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
115.4
8393
Name AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 370X
PassMark - G3D Mark 4101
PassMark - G2D Mark 577
Geekbench - OpenCL 17592 25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55 65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 970.421 1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.656 5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.881 88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 237.944 337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 115.4 8393
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1730
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 370X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Baffin Trinidad
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 8 August 2016 27 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $86 $199
Place in performance rating 546 547
Price now $179.50
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 33.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1030 MHz
Compute units 14
Core clock speed 1090 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.2 TFLOPs 2,637 gflops
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 1280
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel / s 82.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 221 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5600 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