Radeon R5 M315 vs GeForce GTX 460 768MB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 460 768MB with Radeon R5 M315, including specs and performance data.

GTX 460 768MB
4.35
+254%

GTX 460 768MB outperforms R5 M315 by a whopping 254% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking6661040
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameno dataMeso
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores336384
Compute unitsno data5
Core clock speed675 MHz970 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,550 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data28 nm
Texture fill rateno data23.28
Floating-point processing powerno data0.745 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data6.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 460 768MB 4.35
+254%
R5 M315 1.23

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 460 768MB 2092
+127%
R5 M315 920

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 460 768MB 17589
+249%
R5 M315 5040

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD44
+267%
12−14
−267%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Hitman 3 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+107%
14−16
−107%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+33.3%
30−35
−33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Hitman 3 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+107%
14−16
−107%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+33.3%
30−35
−33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Hitman 3 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+107%
14−16
−107%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+33.3%
30−35
−33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hitman 3 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

This is how GTX 460 768MB and R5 M315 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 460 768MB is 267% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 460 768MB is 1250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 460 768MB surpassed R5 M315 in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.35 1.23

GTX 460 768MB has a 253.7% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTX 460 768MB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M315 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 768MB is a desktop card while Radeon R5 M315 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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