NVIDIA ’s xx30 cards have always been defined by budget prices with performance that knocks on the door of entry-level graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GT 1030, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The RX 470 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest GCN 4.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RX 460 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 140. AMD ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 4.0 graphics card inside the RX 460, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The RX 460 is much more expensive than the R7 360 as it costs a whopping $ 140. Compare this to the R7 360, which came originally at a price of $ 109. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 950 which costs $ 159. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 950, the RX 460 was -7.3 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Valorant at 65 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps.
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | PG110 | C994 |
| Length | 5.7 inches 145 mm | 6.7 inches 170 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | None | None |
| Slot Width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 30 W | 75 W |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1468 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1228 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective | 1750 MHz 7000 MHz effective |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Generation | GeForce 1000 | Arctic Islands (RX 400) |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | May 17th, 2017 | Aug 8th, 2016 |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.1 | 6 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 |
| Die Size | 74 mm² | 123 mm² |
| GPU Name | GP108 | Baffin |
| GPU Variant | GP108-300-A1 | Baffin PRO (215-0895088) |
| Process Size | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 1,800 million | 3,000 million |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 48.06 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Shading Units | 384 | 896 |
| TMUs | 24 | 56 |
| GT 1030 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 17.62 GFLOPS (1:64) | 2,150 GFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,127 GFLOPS | 2,150 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 35.23 GFLOPS (1:32) | 134.4 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 23.49 GPixel/s | 19.20 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 35.23 GTexel/s | 67.20 GTexel/s |
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