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AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

The AMD Radeon RX 460 is an entry-level gaming graphics card for desktop PCs. It was announced it August 2016 and is based on the smaller Polaris 11 chip (123 mm²), which is manufactured in a 14 nm FinFET process. The GPUs RX 470 and RX 480 on the other hand are based on the bigger Polaris 10 chip (232 mm²). The RX 460 uses 14 out of 16 Compute Units, all 16 ROPs, 56 TMUs, four 32-bit memory controller and 1 MB L2-cache. AMD specifies the clock with 1080 (base) up to 1200 MHz (Boost), but custom cards can have slightly higher clocks (like our test card from XFX at 1220 MHz). Contrary to Polaris 10, Polaris 11 supports Power Gating between the individual Compute Units. This will result in a lower consumption with partial workloads in particular. 

Depending on the memory equipment (2 or 4 GB GDDR5), the gaming performance of the RX 460 can differ quite a bit. Memory intensive games like Doom, Black Ops 3 or Mirror's Edge clearly suffer from just 2 GB. The 4 GB model is slightly faster than the mobile GeForce GTX 965M (refresh) as well as the desktop MSI Radeon R7 370 in our tests. This means the card is best suited for modern games in Full-HD at high details. The RX 460 is particularly convincing in DirectX 12 and Vulkan games.

Polaris 11 is up to date in terms of features. It supports DirectX 12, Vulkan, DisplayPort 1.3 HBR (1.4 Ready), HDMI 2.0, FreeSync, HDR, and H.265 de- and encoding. 

Thanks to the 14 nm FinFET process, the power consumption was significantly reduced compared to a similarly fast R7 370. The RX 460 is also much more frugal compared to the RX 470 and 480 and only needs a bit more power than the expensive GTX 1070 Founders Edition while idling. It is also much more frugal than the old R7 370 and roughly on par with the Maxwell chips (GTX 950 - 960) under load.

Radeon RX 400 Series

Radeon RX 480 compare 2304 @ 1.12 - 1.27 GHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) compare 2048 @ 0.93 - 1.21 GHz256 Bit @ 6600 MHz
Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) compare 2048 @ 0.93 - 1.21 GHz256 Bit @ 7000 MHz
Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) 896 @ 1.09 - 1.2 GHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
CodenamePolaris 11 / Baffin XT
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines896 - unified
Core Speed1090 - 1200 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed7000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
Power Consumption75 Watt
Transistor Count3 Billion
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Date of Announcement08.08.2016

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
1916 Points (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
1731 Points (5%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
307888 Points (36%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
20429 Points (22%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
34892 Points (9%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
5166 Points (2%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
5701 Points (6%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
8868 Points (13%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
8597 Points (7%)
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
23.9 fps (8%)
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
412 fps (3%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
129 fps (8%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
25.2 fps (1%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
101 fps (0%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
782 Samples/s (4%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
1554 Samples/s (3%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
4540 points (5%)
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
169 Watt (24%)
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
162 Watt (23%)
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.1 Points per Watt (14%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Flight Simulator 2020

Flight Simulator 2020

2020
low 1280x720
41.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
17.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F1 2020

F1 2020

2020
low 1280x720
144  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
138  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
113  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
36.4  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
25.3  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
13.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Gears Tactics

Gears Tactics

2020
low 1280x720
148  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
51.4 □  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
36.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.5  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
14.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov

2020
low 1280x720
89.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
43.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
37  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

2019
low 1280x720
69  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
34  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019

2019
ultra 1920x1080
31.7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
FIFA 20

FIFA 20

2019
ultra 1920x1080
120  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
90  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
51  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

2019
low 1280x720
90  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
37.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17.4  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
11.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Control

Control

2019
low 1280x720
83  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
23.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F1 2019

F1 2019

2019
low 1280x720
144  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
65  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
56.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
31.2  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
23.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
League of Legends

League of Legends

2019
ultra 1920x1080
213  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
209  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
133  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Total War: Three Kingdoms

Total War: Three Kingdoms

2019
low 1280x720
120  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
34.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.8  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
4.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
The Division 2

The Division 2

2019
low 1280x720
129  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph