Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460 |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Around 341% higher average synthetic performance. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports FreeSync |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports TrueAudio |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 460
The Radeon RX 460 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | vs | Oland () |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 123 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 1,040 million |
Shaders | 896 | vs | 320 |
Compute Units | 14 | vs | 5 |
Core clock | 1090 MHz | vs | 730 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
TMUs | 56 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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TDP | 75 watts | vs | 50 watts |
Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 1 Nov 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)