Radeon Pro 5600M vs GeForce GTX 460M

Place in the ranking	752	232
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.37	33.39
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GF106	Navi 12
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	3 September 2010 (14 years ago)	15 June 2020 (4 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	192	2560
Core clock speed	675 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	164.8
Floating-point processing power	0.5184 TFLOPS	5.274 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	64
TMUs	32	160

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).

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	-

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	770 MHz
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB/s	394.2 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API with Feature Level 12.1	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	-

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 460M 3.13

Pro 5600M 23.93
+665%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 460M 1207

Pro 5600M 9232
+665%

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:

900p	30 −633%	220−230 +633%
Full HD	38 −663%	290−300 +663%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−550%

35−40
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −420%	50−55 +420%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1200%	75−80 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −600%	60−65 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −683%	140−150 +683%
Hitman 3	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −363%	110−120 +363%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −1540%	80−85 +1540%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −153%	100−110 +153%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −420%	50−55 +420%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
Battlefield 5	6−7 −1200%	75−80 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −600%	60−65 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −683%	140−150 +683%
Hitman 3	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −363%	110−120 +363%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −1540%	80−85 +1540%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −247%	50−55 +247%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −153%	100−110 +153%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −420%	50−55 +420%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −683%	140−150 +683%
Hitman 3	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −363%	110−120 +363%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −523%	80−85 +523%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −247%	50−55 +247%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −153%	100−110 +153%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−688%

60−65
+688%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −650%	45−50 +650%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −620%	35−40 +620%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −733%	24−27 +733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −600%	27−30 +600%
Hitman 3	8−9 −250%	27−30 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −580%	130−140 +580%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−471%

40−45
+471%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −3200%	30−35 +3200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−425%

21−24
+425%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

This is how GTX 460M and Pro 5600M compete in popular games:

Pro 5600M is 633% faster in 900p
Pro 5600M is 663% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 5600M is 3200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro 5600M is ahead in 62 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.13	23.93
Recency	3 September 2010	15 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm

Pro 5600M has a 664.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5600M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation one.

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