AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 66.08 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 85 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6500 MHz

Launch date	8 August 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Texture fill rate	66.08 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1090 MHz
895.9x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs

Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	65217
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1730
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
PassMark - G2D Mark		508
PassMark - G3D Mark		3048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Baffin	Bonaire
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	8 August 2016	21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$86
Place in performance rating	673	675
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	14
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.2 TFLOPs	1,971 gflops
GPU Power	35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	896
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	66.08 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6500 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