AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M 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 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 122 Watt
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 15023
  • Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1728 vs 1611
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.048 vs 46.273
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 777.677
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.655 vs 3.914
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.807 vs 38.196
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 239.111 vs 82.511
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 August 2016 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed 1090 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 993 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 65217 vs 15023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1728 vs 1611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048 vs 46.273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 vs 777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.655 vs 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.807 vs 38.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 239.111 vs 82.511

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

  • Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
  • 1386.4x better floating-point performance: 3,050 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 896
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
65217
15023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1728
1611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55.048
46.273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
969.655
777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.655
3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.807
38.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
239.111
82.511
Name AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
Geekbench - OpenCL 65217 15023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1728 1611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048 46.273
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 777.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.655 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.807 38.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 239.111 82.511
PassMark - G3D Mark 3818
PassMark - G2D Mark 333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Baffin GK104
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 8 August 2016 12 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $86
Place in performance rating 772 775
Price now $179.50
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 26.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 993 MHz
Compute units 14
Core clock speed 1090 MHz 954 MHz
Floating-point performance 2.2 TFLOPs 3,050 gflops
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 1536
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 66.08 GTexel / s 127.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 122 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

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
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA