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 10958
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1728 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 10958
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1728 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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
65217
10958
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1728
1231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55.048
54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
969.655
795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.655
3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.807
51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
239.111
174.513
Name AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Geekbench - OpenCL 65217 10958
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1728 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 3377
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

Essentials

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 772 774
Price now $179.50
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 26.72

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
VGA
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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

Memory

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

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