Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 560X vs Radeon RX 460
AMD
Radeon RX 560X
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 11 Apr 2018
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX 460
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 560X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 560X | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 21 (Polaris 21 XT
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<span title="Chip code">(215-0908004)</span>) | 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 | 1175 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 560X | 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 560X | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Apr 2018 | 29 Jun 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 560X20.40 GP/s
- Radeon RX 46019.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 560X81.60 GT/s
- Radeon RX 46067.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 560X112.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 460112.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 560X2611.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 4602150.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better