Radeon RX 460: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Radeon RX 460 provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 9.18% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX 460 sales 8 August 2016 at a recommended price of $86 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 4.0 architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 112.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x8 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 170 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 75 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon RX 460 (Desktop): architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking442
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.12
Power efficiency9.67of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameBaffin
Market segmentDesktop
Release date8 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)'s specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)'s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores896of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090 D)
Core clock speed1090 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed1200 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors3,000 millionof 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology14 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate67.20of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPSof 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090 D)
ROPs16of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs56of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8
Length170 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 460 (Desktop): its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 460 (Desktop). As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon RX 460 (Desktop). You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.4
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 460. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 460 9.18

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 460 4101

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 460 8597

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 460 5701

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 460 34892

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 460 307888

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon RX 460 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD41
1440p50
4K20

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.10
1440p1.72
4K4.30

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 24−27
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 24−27
Battlefield 5 40−45
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
Far Cry 5 40
Fortnite 116
Forza Horizon 4 57
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 36
Valorant 90−95

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 24−27
Battlefield 5 40−45
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
Dota 2 70−75
Far Cry 5 37
Fortnite 39
Forza Horizon 4 54
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
Grand Theft Auto V 35
Metro Exodus 21
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 28
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 37
Valorant 90−95

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
Dota 2 70−75
Far Cry 5 34
Forza Horizon 4 41
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23
Valorant 90−95

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 31

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 75−80
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
Metro Exodus 10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
Valorant 110−120

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
Far Cry 5 21−24
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 8−9
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
Metro Exodus 6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
Valorant 50−55

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Dota 2 35−40
Far Cry 5 11
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10

Closest competitors

Radeon RX 460's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


Radeon R9 270 105.01
Radeon RX 460 100

NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 460 is GeForce GTX 480, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

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