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).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon E8950

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): 76.807 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)	76.807 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 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 55.048
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 969.655
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 4.655
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 239.111

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 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 239.111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.048

66.837

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

969.655

1369.722

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.655

6.633

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.807

65.836

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

239.111

326.391

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon E8950
Geekbench - OpenCL	65217
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1728
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048	66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	969.655	1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.655	6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.807	65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	239.111	326.391

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon E8950
Essentials
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	772	773
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.72
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
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
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