Radeon PRO WX 2100 vs RX 460

Place in performance ranking	400	613
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.19	2.97
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	Polaris 11 / Baffin XT	Polaris 12
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	8 August 2016 (7 years ago)	21 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	$149
Current price	$397 (4.6x MSRP)	$343 (2.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

PRO WX 2100 has 150% better value for money than RX 460.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	896	512
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1219 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	67.20	39.01
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	1,248 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 460 and Radeon PRO WX 2100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	48 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI	+	no data

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 10.62
+125%

PRO WX 2100 4.73

RX 460 outperforms PRO WX 2100 by 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 460 4102
+125%

PRO WX 2100 1827

RX 460 outperforms PRO WX 2100 by 125% in Passmark.

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 HD	42 +133%	18−20 −133%
1440p	83 +137%	35−40 −137%
4K	20 +150%	8−9 −150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	34	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	24−27	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33	no data
Forza Horizon 4	57	no data
Hitman 3	20−22	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	138	no data
Metro Exodus	44	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	28	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Battlefield 5	22	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	24−27	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	31	no data
Forza Horizon 4	50−55	no data
Hitman 3	20−22	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	36	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	24−27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	41	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	36	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	23	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	16−18	no data
Forza Horizon 4	20−22	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	25	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	13	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	no data
Hitman 3	7−8	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	6−7	no data
Forza Horizon 4	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	13	no data
Metro Exodus	12	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	no data