AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 1249.4x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 31.2 billion / sec
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 512 vs 288
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1700 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3278 vs 3044
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3278 vs 3044
  • Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10390 vs 6607
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 15 November 2010
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s vs 31.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 512 vs 288
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 vs 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 vs 3044
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390 vs 6607

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3491 vs 1769
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3491 vs 1769
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3108 vs 2775
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3108 vs 2775
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 340
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2011 vs 1952
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3491 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3491 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3108 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3108 vs 2775
PassMark - G2D Mark 368 vs 340
PassMark - G3D Mark 2011 vs 1952

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
3044
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10390
6607
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
368
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1952
2011
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 3044
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390 6607
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 368
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 2011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 635.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 48.203

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Fermi
Code name Arctic Islands GF104
Launch date 13 May 2019 15 November 2010
Place in performance rating 810 921
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512 288
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 31.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 1,950 million
CUDA cores 288
Floating-point performance 748.8 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 104 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, 2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Number of display connectors 2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm) 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 6-pin
Width Dual-slot
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.1
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 1700 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround