Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)

Radeon RX 460
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 460
Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jun 2014
Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)

60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 460 .

Radeon RX 460

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 460

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 460Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
GPU NameBaffin (Baffin PRO)vsMullins ()
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs0 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvsunknown
Shaders896vs128
Compute Units14vs2
Core clock1090 MHzvs800 MHz
ROPs16vs4
TMUs56vs8

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 460Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
Memory TypeGDDR5vsSystem Shared
Bus Width128 bitvsSystem Shared
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vsSystem Shared
Memory Size2048 Mbvs0 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 460Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
TDP75 wattsvs15 watts
Release Date29 Jun 2016vs11 Jun 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 460
    19.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    3.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 460
    67.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    6.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 460
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    0.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 460
    2150.40 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    204.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better