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Radeon RX 460

3.7 · 85 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
2 GB
CUDA
896
FP32
2.15 TF
Bandwidth
112 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
1200 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute2.15 TFLOPS2%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity2 GB6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units8964%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency9/10016%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy3,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)1,620pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)468spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute19,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming10
Ray tracing9
AI / Compute8
Creator / 3D9
Power efficiency9
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 11 fps
1080p
20
1440p
9
4K
4
Counter-Strike 2avg 25 fps
1080p
51
1440p
18
4K
6
Fortniteavg 23 fps
1080p
38
1440p
22
4K
10
Battlefield 5avg 27 fps
1080p
42
1440p
25
4K
13
Far Cry 5avg 22 fps
1080p
33
1440p
22
4K
11
Valorantavg 83 fps
1080p
95
1440p
102
4K
51

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
38fps
1440p
47fps
4K
21fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($86) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$2.23
1440p
$1.61
4K
$4.04
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners like it as a cheap, low-power card for older games. The usual gripe is the 2 GB VRAM chokes in modern titles.

Pros
  • Fits in almost any PC case
  • Plays older games at high settings
  • Runs cool without loud fans
  • No extra power cables needed
Cons
  • Only 2GB VRAM limits modern games
  • No 6-pin power connector needed
  • Lacks hardware encoding for streaming

Supported technologies

AV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Process node
14 nm
Transistors
3 B
Compute Units
14
Release date
2016
Launch price
$86
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
16
L2 cache
1024 MB
Memory
Size
2 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
128-bit
Bandwidth
112 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1090 MHz
Boost clock
1200 MHz
FP32 (float)
2.15 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
2.15 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
19 GPixel/s
Texture rate
67.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
75W
Suggested PSU
150W
Power connectors
None
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
Length
170 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 (12_0)
Shader Model
6.4
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
Verdict

Our verdict on the RX 460

A low-profile budget card that sips power and fits small cases, but its 2 GB memory chokes modern games.

Get it if you need a tiny, low-power card for an old office PC to play eSports or indie games. Skip it if you want to run modern titles or have more than a single monitor.

Buy it if…

  • You want a cheap, low-power eSports machine for 1080p gaming.
  • You need a GPU that runs on slot power alone with no extra cables.
  • You're building a tiny HTPC that can play older or indie games smoothly.
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