AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1176 MHz
- Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 66.08 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- 6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 10898
- Around 41% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1730 vs 1231
- Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.048 vs 54.294
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 795.325
- Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.655 vs 3.692
- Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.807 vs 51.794
- Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 239.111 vs 174.513
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 vs 13 March 2015 |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1176 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 66.08 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 640 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 65217 vs 10898 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 vs 1231 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55.048 vs 54.294 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 969.655 vs 795.325 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.655 vs 3.692 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.807 vs 51.794 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 239.111 vs 174.513 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
- Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 1090 MHz
- 684.1x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz vs 1090 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,505 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
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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 960M |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 65217 | 10898 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 | 1231 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 55.048 | 54.294 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 969.655 | 795.325 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.655 | 3.692 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.807 | 51.794 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 239.111 | 174.513 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3383 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 246 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell |
| Code name | Baffin | GM107 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 8 August 2016 | 13 March 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | |
| Place in performance rating | 771 | 773 |
| Price now | $179.50 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 26.72 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1176 MHz |
| Compute units | 14 | |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | 1096 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2.2 TFLOPs | 1,505 gflops |
| GPU Power | 35-48 Watt | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 640 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
| Texture fill rate | 66.08 GTexel / s | 47.04 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 1,870 million |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| VGA | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| HDMI | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | medium sized |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 80 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 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 | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
| Ansel | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
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