AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 980 MHz
- Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1033 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 140 Watt
- 1166.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- 5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 11380
- Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1730 vs 1308
- Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.048 vs 30.505
- Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 705.293
- Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.655 vs 3.085
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.807 vs 35.416
- 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 239.111 vs 62.69
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 vs 6 September 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz vs 980 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1033 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt vs 140 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 65217 vs 11380 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 vs 1308 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55.048 vs 30.505 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 969.655 vs 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.655 vs 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.807 vs 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 239.111 vs 62.69 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 66.08 GTexel / s
- Around 7% higher pipelines: 960 vs 896
- 900.5x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
| Texture fill rate | 78.4 billion / sec vs 66.08 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 960 vs 896 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,981 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 65217 | 11380 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 | 1308 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55.048 | 30.505 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 969.655 | 705.293 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.655 | 3.085 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.807 | 35.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 239.111 | 62.69 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3999 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 479 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3690 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3365 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3690 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3365 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Baffin | GK106 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 | 6 September 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | $229 |
| Place in performance rating | 771 | 774 |
| Price now | $179.50 | $349.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 26.72 | 14.35 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1033 MHz |
| Compute units | 14 | |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | 980 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2.2 TFLOPs | 1,981 gflops |
| GPU Power | 35-48 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 960 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
| Texture fill rate | 66.08 GTexel / s | 78.4 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 2,540 million |
| CUDA cores | 960 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| VGA | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
| Supplementary power connectors | One 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.3 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 144.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192-bit GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 6.0 GB/s |
| 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 | ||
| 3D Blu-Ray | ||
| 3D Gaming | ||
| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
| CUDA | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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