Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Radeon RX 460
129%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460 |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 260X . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 29% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 260X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 896 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 460
19.20 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
67.20 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
112.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
2150.40 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
8080
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)