GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs Radeon R7 M460

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking799not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameMesoGP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3842560
Core clock speed1100 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speed1125 MHz1733 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data180 Watt
Texture fill rate27.00277.3
Floating-point processing power0.864 TFLOPS8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs24160

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s352.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.06.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2016 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm

GTX 1080 11Gbps has an age advantage of 11 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M460 and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M460 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R7 M460
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