Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

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GTX 745 OEM GTX 750 GTX 750 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 Ti OEM GTX 770 GTX 780 GTX 780 6 GB GTX 780 Rev. 2 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti 6 GB GTX 780 Ti Engineering Sample
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Radeon RX 460 Radeon RX 460 1024SP Radeon RX 470 Radeon RX 470D Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 550 Radeon RX 560 Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 2048SP Radeon RX 590

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GTX 780 Rev. 2 GTX 780 Rev. 2
RX 460 1024SP RX 460 1024SP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking427not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.25no data
Power efficiency2.98no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK110BBaffin
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 years ago)17 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores23041024
Core clock speed863 MHz1090 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate173.276.80
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS2.458 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs19264

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mm170 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 10 September 2013 17 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 780 Rev. 2 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 460 1024SP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 460 1024SP. We've got no test results to judge.

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

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Community ratings

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