RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX 460

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 460 with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

RX 460
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
10.63

RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms RX 460 by a whopping 627% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43210
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.12no data
Power efficiency9.8125.48
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBaffinAD103
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 August 2016 (8 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores8967680
Core clock speed1090 MHz2070 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz2580 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate67.20619.2
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS39.63 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs56240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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 4.0 x16
Length170 mm245 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s432.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 460 10.63
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 77.29
+627%

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 4102
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 29817
+627%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD40
−625%
290−300
+625%
1440p28
−614%
200−210
+614%
4K19
−584%
130−140
+584%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.15no data
1440p3.07no data
4K4.53no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 34
−606%
240−250
+606%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−597%
230−240
+597%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−620%
180−190
+620%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
−600%
210−220
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−604%
500−550
+604%
Hitman 3 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−590%
400−450
+590%
Metro Exodus 44
−582%
300−310
+582%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−600%
210−220
+600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−614%
250−260
+614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−592%
450−500
+592%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 54
−548%
350−400
+548%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Battlefield 5 22
−582%
150−160
+582%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−620%
180−190
+620%
Far Cry New Dawn 31
−610%
220−230
+610%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−604%
500−550
+604%
Hitman 3 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−590%
400−450
+590%
Metro Exodus 35
−614%
250−260
+614%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−600%
210−220
+600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−614%
250−260
+614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−614%
200−210
+614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−592%
450−500
+592%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
−606%
120−130
+606%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−620%
180−190
+620%
Forza Horizon 4 41
−607%
290−300
+607%
Hitman 3 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 36
−622%
260−270
+622%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−614%
250−260
+614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23
−596%
160−170
+596%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−592%
450−500
+592%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−600%
210−220
+600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−614%
150−160
+614%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%
Hitman 3 14−16
−614%
100−105
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 25
−620%
180−190
+620%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−572%
450−500
+572%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−622%
130−140
+622%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 13
−592%
90−95
+592%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Hitman 3 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−538%
300−310
+538%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−608%
85−90
+608%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−592%
90−95
+592%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%

This is how RX 460 and RTX 4500 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 625% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 614% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 584% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.63 77.29
Recency 8 August 2016 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 210 Watt

RX 460 has 180% lower power consumption.

RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 627.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 460 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 460 is a desktop card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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