Radeon R7 A360 vs GeForce GTX 460 OEM
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 460 OEM and Radeon R7 A360, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 460 OEM outperforms R7 A360 by an impressive 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 773 | 967 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GF104 | Meso |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 October 2010 (13 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 cores | 336 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1125 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,950 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 36.40 | 27.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8736 gflops | 0.864 gflops |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | 24 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 210 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3400 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 108.8 GB/s | 14.4 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.01 | 1.57 |
| Recency | 11 October 2010 | 5 May 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
GTX 460 OEM has a 91.7% higher aggregate performance score.
R7 A360, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTX 460 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 A360 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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