AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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) 4 month(s) later
- Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 1006 MHz
- Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1058 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 195 Watt
- Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
- Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 577 vs 531
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55 vs 46.086
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.881 vs 36.463
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 237.944 vs 99.577
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 vs 22 March 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz vs 1006 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1058 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt vs 195 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 577 vs 531 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55 vs 46.086 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.656 vs 4.645 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 vs 36.463 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 237.944 vs 99.577 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
- Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 67.2 GTexel / s
- Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
- 1404.7x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
- Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5581 vs 4102
- Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18388 vs 17594
- Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 989.685 vs 970.421
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7222 vs 6821
- 62.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7222 vs 115.4
- Around 16% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2004 vs 1730
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 128.8 billion / sec vs 67.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 896 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,090.4 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5581 vs 4102 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18388 vs 17594 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 989.685 vs 970.421 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7222 vs 6821 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7222 vs 115.4 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2004 vs 1730 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4102 | 5581 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 577 | 531 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17594 | 18388 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55 | 46.086 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 970.421 | 989.685 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.656 | 4.645 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 | 36.463 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 237.944 | 99.577 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6821 | 7222 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 115.4 | 7222 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 | 2004 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3666 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3306 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3666 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3306 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Baffin | GK104 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 | 22 March 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | $499 |
| Place in performance rating | 561 | 560 |
| Price now | $179.50 | $579.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 33.86 | 12.83 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1058 MHz |
| Compute units | 14 | |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | 1006 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2.2 TFLOPs | 3,090.4 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 | 128.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt | 195 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 3,540 million |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI... |
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| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | 10.0" (25.4 cm) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | Two 6-pin |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | 3-way | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2048 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 192.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 6008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 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 | ||
| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
| CUDA | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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