AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GRID K280Q 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 745 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4101 vs 2840
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 577 vs 371
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 6555

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2016 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 745 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4101 vs 2840
PassMark - G2D Mark	577 vs 371
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821 vs 6555

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
1040.5x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
56.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6555 vs 115.4

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555 vs 115.4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K280Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4101

2840

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

577

371

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6821

6555

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.4

6555

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GRID K280Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	4101	2840
PassMark - G2D Mark	577	371
Geekbench - OpenCL	17592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	237.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	115.4	6555
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1730
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3562
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GRID K280Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Baffin	GK104
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	8 August 2016	28 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	$1,875
Place in performance rating	546	548
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	33.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	14
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.2 TFLOPs	2,289 gflops
GPU Power	35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1536
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
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
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5000 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