AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon E8950
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon E8950 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 735 MHz
- Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 95 Watt
- Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
- Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.881 vs 65.836
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 vs 29 September 2015 |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz vs 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt vs 95 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 vs 65.836 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950
- Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
- 2.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 896
- 1861.8x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
- 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 55
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 970.421
- Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 4.656
- Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 237.944
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 66.08 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 896 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 vs 55 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 vs 970.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 vs 4.656 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 vs 237.944 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon E8950 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 65217 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1728 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55 | 66.837 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 970.421 | 1369.722 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.656 | 6.633 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 | 65.836 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 237.944 | 326.391 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon E8950 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 3.0 |
| Code name | Baffin | Amethyst |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 | 29 September 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | |
| Place in performance rating | 770 | 771 |
| Price now | $179.50 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 26.72 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Compute units | 14 | |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2.2 TFLOPs | 4,096 gflops |
| GPU Power | 35-48 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 2048 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
| Texture fill rate | 66.08 GTexel / s | 128.0 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 5,000 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 192.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 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 | ||
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