The GTX 780 might be the high-end flagship of the latest Kepler set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 770 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 399. NVIDIA ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Kepler graphics card inside the GTX 770, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, R9 280X, the GTX 770 was -8 % slower. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Valorant at 82 fps to 82 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 82 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 67 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 67 fps.
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.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
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| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
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| 2018 | Final Fantasy XV |
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| 2018 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Fallout 76 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2018 | Battlefield V |
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| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins |
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| 2017 | Destiny 2 |
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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Overwatch |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | P2005 | C994 |
| Length | 10.5 inches 267 mm | 6.7 inches 170 mm |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 230 W | 75 W |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1085 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1046 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective | 1750 MHz 7000 MHz effective |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Generation | GeForce 700 | Arctic Islands (RX 400) |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Release Date | May 30th, 2013 | Aug 8th, 2016 |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 4.0 |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 123 mm² |
| GPU Name | GK104 | Baffin |
| GPU Variant | GK104-425-A2 | Baffin PRO (215-0895088) |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 3,000 million |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 896 |
| TMUs | 128 | 56 |
| GTX 770 | RX 460 | |
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| FP32 (float) performance | 3,333 GFLOPS | 2,150 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 138.9 GFLOPS (1:24) | 134.4 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 34.72 GPixel/s | 19.20 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 138.9 GTexel/s | 67.20 GTexel/s |
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