Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 460 vs GeForce GTX 950
AMD
Radeon RX 460
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 950
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 20 Aug 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon RX 460100%
- GeForce GTX 950105%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 460110%
- GeForce GTX 950100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 460
- 10% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 the GeForce GTX 950
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (27 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | GeForce GTX 950 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin PRO) | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 768 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 6 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | 1024 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 48 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 460 | GeForce GTX 950 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 460 | GeForce GTX 950 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 90 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | 20 Aug 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 46019.20 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 95032.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 46067.20 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 95049.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 460112.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 950105.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 4602150.40 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 9501572.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon RX 4608080
- GeForce GTX 9508490
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Alien Isolation
DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF
- Radeon RX 46042
- GeForce GTX 95044
FPS (higher is better)
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- Radeon RX 46021
- GeForce GTX 95023
FPS (higher is better)
Ashes Of The Singularity
High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 46025
- GeForce GTX 95014
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- Radeon RX 46018
- GeForce GTX 95022
FPS (higher is better)
Doom (2016)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
- Radeon RX 46030
- GeForce GTX 95022
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- Radeon RX 46023
- GeForce GTX 95024
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 46032
- GeForce GTX 95031
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman (2016)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon RX 46027
- GeForce GTX 95016
FPS (higher is better)
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
DX11, Very High Detail
- Radeon RX 46036
- GeForce GTX 95037
FPS (higher is better)
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 46022
- GeForce GTX 95019
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 46021
- GeForce GTX 95020
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 46027
- GeForce GTX 95026
FPS (higher is better)
Tom Clancy's The Division
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
- Radeon RX 46020
- GeForce GTX 95024
FPS (higher is better)
Watch Dogs 2
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 46014
- GeForce GTX 95017
FPS (higher is better)
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- Radeon RX 46031
- GeForce GTX 95037
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- Radeon RX 46027
- GeForce GTX 95032
FPS (higher is better)
Doom (2016)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
- Radeon RX 46047
- GeForce GTX 95030
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- Radeon RX 46034
- GeForce GTX 95037
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 46043
- GeForce GTX 95045
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman (2016)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon RX 46037
- GeForce GTX 95022
FPS (higher is better)
Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 46034
- GeForce GTX 95028
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 46028
- GeForce GTX 95027
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 46038
- GeForce GTX 95038
FPS (higher is better)
Tom Clancy's The Division
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
- Radeon RX 46029
- GeForce GTX 95035
FPS (higher is better)
Watch Dogs 2
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 46021
- GeForce GTX 95024
FPS (higher is better)
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
DX11, Very High Detail
- Radeon RX 46018
- GeForce GTX 95017
FPS (higher is better)
Watch Dogs 2
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 4607
- GeForce GTX 9504
FPS (higher is better)