Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon R7 265

Radeon RX 460
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 460
Radeon R7 265
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 265

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon RX 460
    117%
  • Radeon R7 265
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460

75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 265 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 17% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 265

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 460

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 460

The Radeon RX 460 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 460Radeon R7 265
GPU NameBaffin (Baffin PRO)vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders896vs1024
Compute Units14vs16
Core clock1090 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs56vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 460Radeon R7 265
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 460Radeon R7 265
TDP75 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date29 Jun 2016vs13 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 460
    19.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 460
    67.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    59.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 460
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 265
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 460
    2150.40 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 265
    1894.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon RX 460
    8080
  • Radeon R7 265
    6900

Points (higher is better)