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AMD Radeon Pro 460 vs AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon Pro 460

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The AMD Radeon Pro 460 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be ordered as an option for the Apple MacBook Pro 15 Late 2016. It is based on the small Polaris 11 chip which is manufactured in 14 nm FinFET at Globalfoundries. Compared to the similar Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 460 offers all 1024 shaders of the Polaris 11 chip but most likely at a reduced clock speed. AMD states a peak performance of 1.86 TFLOPS, compared to the 2.2 of the RX 460 (desktop). Apple presented the Pro 460 as 130 % faster than the previous Radeon R9 M370X in the 2015 MacBook Pro 15 regarding graphics performance.

The performance should be therefore a bit slower than the Radeon RX 460, which is similar to the GTX 965M. It is the only card in the MacBook Pro 15 line-up that features more than 2 GB VRAM (Radeon Pro 450 and 455). Furthermore, Apple and AMD don't provide driver updates for Windows using Bootcamp. The only option is to use modified drivers from BootcampDrivers.com.

The features of the Radeon Pro 460 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here. Therefore, the Pro 460 should support DisplayPort 1.2 (although Polaris supports up to 1.4 ready) and HDMI 2.0 (via USB-C adapter) as well as H.265 video de- and encoding (support in macOS questionable).

The power consumption of the Pro 460 is rated at a TDP of 35 Watt (according to the AMD blog post).

AMD Radeon Pro 455

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The AMD Radeon Pro 455 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be found in the high-end model of the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15 Late 2016. It is based on the small Polaris 11 chip which is manufactured in 14 nm FinFET at Globalfoundries. Compared to the Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 455 features only 768 instead of 896 shaders and definately lower clock speeds. The peak performance is rated at 1.3 TFLOPS and therefore 30% faster than the Pro 450, but clearly slower than the 1.86 TFLOPS of the Pro 460 and 2.2 TFLOPS of the RX460. The performance of the card could be similar to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M as the RX 460 is similar to the GTX 965M. A major drawback is the small VRAM size of only 2 GB GDDR5. The optional Radeon Pro 460 offers 4 GB of VRAM, 1024 shaders and 1.86 TFLOPS and should be similar to the RX 460.

Apple and AMD don't provide driver updates for Windows using Bootcamp. The only option is to use modified drivers from BootcampDrivers.com.

The features of the Radeon Pro 455 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here. According to AMD, the Pro 455 support DisplayPort 1.2 (altough 1.4 is supported by Polaris) and HDMI 2.0 (via USB-C adapter).

The power envelope of the faster Radeon Pro 460 is rated at 35 Watt according to the AMD blog post. Due to the slower specs, the Radeon Pro 455 should use slightly less.

AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)

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The AMD Radeon RX 480 (formerly known as R9 M480 or RX 480M) is a mobile high end graphics cards. It is based on the new Polaris architecture (Polaris 10 chip) and manufactured in 14nm FinFET. It should be based on the same chip as the desktop RX 480 (see for benchmarks and specs) but maybe offer lower clock speeds. The card was never used in a laptop (up to now) and succeeded by the slightly improved Radeon RX 580.

AMD Radeon Pro 460AMD Radeon Pro 455AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
Radeon RX 400M Series
Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 896 @ 1.18 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon Pro 460 1024 @ 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 455 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 896 @ 1.18 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon Pro 460 1024 @ 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 455 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 896 @ 1.18 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon Pro 460 1024 @ 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 455 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
CodenamePolaris 11 / Baffin XTPolaris 11Polaris
ArchitecturePolarisPolarisPolaris
Pipelines1024 - unified768 - unified2304 - unified
Core Speed900 MHz855 MHz
Memory Speed5000 MHz5000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit128 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB2048 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL VulkanDirectX 12, OpenGL VulkanDirectX 12
Power Consumption35 Watt<35 Watt
Transistors3 Billion3 Billion
technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSyncDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement08.08.2016 27.10.2016 01.08.2016
Link to Manufacturer Pagecreators.radeon.comcreators.radeon.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
1374 Points (4%)
1254 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
1118 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
229045 Points (26%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
16824 Points (18%)
15766 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
27064 Points (7%)
23434 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
4104 Points (7%)
3463 Points (6%)
4070 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
4584 Points (5%)
3759 Points (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
6963 Points (10%)
5774 Points (8%)
7200 Points (10%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
6749 Points (6%)
5388 Points (5%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon Pro 460
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
19234 Points (6%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon Pro 455
16522 Points (5%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon Pro 460
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
17700 Points (10%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon Pro 455
14879 Points (8%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon Pro 460
3DMark 06
27694 Points (36%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
25873 Points (34%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
18.3 fps (6%)
16.4 fps (5%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
47.4 fps (12%)
specvp12 snx-02 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
13.9 fps (2%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
20.3 fps (4%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
10.8 fps (3%)
specvp12 maya-04 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
30.2 fps (8%)
specvp12 energy-01 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
0.2 fps (0%)
specvp12 creo-01 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
32.8 fps (13%)
specvp12 catia-04 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
31.2 fps (5%)
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
26.4 fps (5%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon Pro 460
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
13571 Points (10%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon Pro 455
12740 Points (9%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 460
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
103.4 fps (36%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 460
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
114.7 fps (7%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 455
100 fps (6%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 460
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 455
98 % (98%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
92.9 fps (5%)
92.2 fps (5%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon Pro 460
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
320.9 fps (3%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon Pro 455
229 fps (2%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
620 Samples/s (3%)
483 Samples/s (2%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
1192 Samples/s (2%)
918 Samples/s (2%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
3841 Points (4%)
3049 Points (3%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
56.1 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
48.3 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.3 fps per Watt (24%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro 460 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro 455 → 84% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) → 101% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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.

low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
157.8  fps
93%
Radeon Pro 455:
146  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
59.4  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
47.1  fps
73%
Radeon Pro 455:
34.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
21.7  fps
91%
Radeon Pro 455:
19.7  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 455:
54.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
20.7  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
61.4  fps
72%
Radeon Pro 455:
44.1  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
26  fps
79%
Radeon Pro 455:
20.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
22.9  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
85.5  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
46.3  fps
87%
Radeon Pro 455:
40.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
40.6  fps
85%
Radeon Pro 455:
34.4  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
115.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
35.3  fps
94%
Radeon Pro 455:
33.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
32  fps
90%
Radeon Pro 455:
28.8  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
235.5  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
92.3  fps
78%
Radeon Pro 455:
71.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
34.7  fps
74%
Radeon Pro 455:
25.8  fps
4K 3840x2160
Radeon Pro 455:
22.8  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
132.6  fps
82%
Radeon Pro 455:
109  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
40.9  fps
71%
Radeon Pro 455:
28.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
35.4  fps
71%
Radeon Pro 455:
25.3  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon Pro 455:
69  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
28.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
21.6  fps
Mafia 3

Mafia 3

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 455:
32.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
15.1  fps
FIFA 17

FIFA 17

2016
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
316.6  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
151.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
146.4  fps
73%
Radeon Pro 455:
107  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
66.6  fps
89%
Radeon Pro 455:
59.5  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
25  fps
86%
Radeon Pro 455:
21.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
12.2  fps
73%
Radeon Pro 455:
8.9  fps
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
201.5  fps
88%
Radeon Pro 455:
178  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
106.7  fps
62%
Radeon Pro 455:
65.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
48.8  fps
62%
Radeon Pro 455:
30.1  fps
4K 3840x2160
Radeon Pro 455:
18.7  fps
Doom

Doom

2016
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
65  fps
82%
Radeon Pro 455:
53.1  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
30.3  fps
65%
Radeon Pro 455:
19.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
29.7  fps
low 1280x768
Radeon Pro 455:
33.8  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
21.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
19.3  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 455:
75  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
20.4  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
102.8  fps
86%
Radeon Pro 455:
88  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
28.9  fps
87%
Radeon Pro 455:
25.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
22.3  fps
83%
Radeon Pro 455:
18.5  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
74  fps
95%
Radeon Pro 455:
70  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
35  fps
91%
Radeon Pro 455:
32  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
32  fps
94%
Radeon Pro 455:
30  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
21  fps
95%
Radeon Pro 455:
20  fps
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

2016
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
88.7  fps
79%
Radeon Pro 455:
70  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
31.9  fps
85%
Radeon Pro 455:
27.2  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
21.7  fps
82%
Radeon Pro 455:
17.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
9.9  fps
60%
Radeon Pro 455:
5.9  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
76  fps
111%
Radeon Pro 455:
84  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
25.8  fps
97%
Radeon Pro 455:
24.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
20.8  fps
88%
Radeon Pro 455:
18.3  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
150.3  fps
108%
Radeon Pro 455:
162  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
55.2  fps
95%
Radeon Pro 455:
52.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
45  fps
75%
Radeon Pro 455:
33.7  fps
Fallout 4

Fallout 4

2015
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
27.8  fps
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
120.9  fps
71%
Radeon Pro 455:
86  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
25.9  fps
68%
Radeon Pro 455:
17.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
8.8  fps
88%
Radeon Pro 455:
7.7  fps
low 1366x768
Radeon Pro 455:
188  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
70.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
53  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
67.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
61.5  fps
4K 3840x2160
Radeon Pro 455:
22.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
83.3  fps
83%
Radeon Pro 455:
69.5  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
28.9  fps
85%
Radeon Pro 455:
24.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
17.4  fps
82%
Radeon Pro 455:
14.2  fps
GTA V

GTA V

2015
high 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
37.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
11.1  fps
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
164.9  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
69.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon Pro 460:
63  fps
80%
Radeon Pro 455:
50.6  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon Pro 455:
230  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
37.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon Pro 455:
145  fps

Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro 460 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro 455 → 83%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 81%

AMD Radeon Pro 460lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Resident Evil 7157.847.121.7
Dishonored 261.42622.9
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare85.546.340.6
Titanfall 2115.635.332
Farming Simulator 17235.592.334.7
Battlefield 1132.640.935.4
FIFA 17316.6151.9146.4
Deus Ex Mankind Divided66.62512.2
Overwatch201.5106.748.8
Doom6530.329.7
The Division102.828.922.3
Far Cry Primal74353221
XCOM 288.731.921.79.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider7625.820.8
Rainbow Six Siege150.355.245
Anno 2205120.925.98.8
The Witcher 383.328.917.4
Sims 4164.969.663
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AMD Radeon Pro 455lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Resident Evil 714659.434.619.7
Watch Dogs 254.420.7
Dishonored 244.120.6
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare40.234.4
Titanfall 233.128.8
Farming Simulator 1771.725.822.8
Battlefield 110928.925.3
Civilization VI6928.821.6
Mafia 332.815.1
FIFA 17107
Deus Ex Mankind Divided59.521.58.9
Overwatch17865.830.118.7
Doom53.119.8
Ashes of the Singularity33.821.319.3
Hitman 20167520.4
The Division8825.218.5
Far Cry Primal70323020
XCOM 27027.217.95.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider8424.918.3
Rainbow Six Siege16252.733.7
Fallout 427.8
Anno 22058617.57.7
World of Warships18870.753
Dota 2 Reborn67.261.522.8
The Witcher 369.524.614.2
GTA V37.111.1
Sims 450.6
BioShock Infinite23037.8
Counter-Strike: GO145
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< 120 fps
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