Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 560 vs Radeon RX 460
AMD
Radeon RX 560
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 Apr 2017
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX 460
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 560
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon RX 460
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 560 | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin XT) | Baffin (Baffin PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 3,000 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 14 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 560 | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 560 | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | 29 Jun 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 56019.20 GP/s
- Radeon RX 46019.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 56076.80 GT/s
- Radeon RX 46067.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 560112.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 460112.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 5602457.60 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 4602150.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better