AMD Radeon HD 6790
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6790
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

526
Place in performance rating
294
30.22
Value for money (0-100)
16.86
Terascale 2
Architecture
Polaris
Barts
Code name
Baffin
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 April 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
8 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$149
Launch price (MSRP)
$86
$169 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$201 (2.3x MSRP)
1.27
Value for money
18.14
Barts
GPU code name
Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

800
Pipelines
896
840 MHz
Core clock speed
1090 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1200 MHz
1,700 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
33.60
Texture fill rate
67.20
1,344.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,150 gflops
800
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
no data
Boost clock speed
1200 MHz
1,700 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
198 mm
Length
170 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1050 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
134.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460 is the additional functionality.

no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6790 and AMD Radeon RX 460 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6790 or AMD Radeon RX 460 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Radeon RX 460
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Radeon RX 460
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Radeon RX 460
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Radeon RX 460 148 51.4 36.6 21.5 14.2
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6790
AMD Radeon RX 460
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6790

Cheaper ($169 (1.1x MSRP) vs $201 (2.3x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 460

10.74% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (896 vs 800)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6790 or AMD Radeon RX 460?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 460 .

AMD Radeon HD 6790 versus AMD Radeon RX 460 performance benchmarks comparison

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