AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 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 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 863 MHz
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 902 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55 vs 30.133
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.881 vs 64.264
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 237.944 vs 148.747
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 August 2016 vs 10 September 2013
Core clock speed 1090 MHz vs 863 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 902 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55 vs 30.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.881 vs 64.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 237.944 vs 148.747

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 173.2 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 896
  • 1889.1x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1441.971 vs 970.421
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.36 vs 4.656
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9209 vs 6821
  • 79.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9209 vs 115.4
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 173.2 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 896
Floating-point performance 4,156 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1441.971 vs 970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.36 vs 4.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9209 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9209 vs 115.4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55
30.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
970.421
1441.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.656
7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.881
64.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
237.944
148.747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6821
9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
115.4
9209
Name AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 4101
PassMark - G2D Mark 578
Geekbench - OpenCL 17592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55 30.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 970.421 1441.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.656 7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.881 64.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 237.944 148.747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6821 9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 115.4 9209
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1730
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Baffin GK110B
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 8 August 2016 10 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $86 $649
Place in performance rating 540 538
Price now $179.50
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 33.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 902 MHz
Compute units 14
Core clock speed 1090 MHz 863 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.2 TFLOPs 4,156 gflops
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 2304
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel / s 173.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 7,080 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 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6008 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