Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
Radeon RX 460
100%
Radeon R9 280X
135%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 460
100%
Radeon R9 280X
136%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460 |
| 175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X |
| 36% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 896 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon RX 460
19.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
67.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
112.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
2150.40 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 460
8080
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 460
31
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 460
27
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 460
34
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 460
43
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 460
38
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 460
28
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 460
38
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon RX 460
21
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 460
18
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 460
23
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 460
32
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 460
26
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 460
21
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 460
27
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 460
16
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)