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AMD Radeon RX 460

The AMD Radeon RX 460 is a graphics card released on August 8, 2016, built on the GCN architecture. It has 896 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 112.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.20 GHz and a 70 W board power rating. It scores 4,097 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenCL 2.0.

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10/10 key specs recorded · 81 facts

Depth: 48 recorded fields, 13 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

896cores

14 compute units

Memory

2 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

1.20 GHz

1.09 GHz base

Board power

70 W

400 W PSU advised

Performance

The AMD Radeon RX 460 scores 4,097 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #623), measured across 4,012 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 582.

PassMark G3D Mark

4,097

Rank #623
Faster than 77.7% of 2,658 GPUs
4,012 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 61 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 64.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 18 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 60.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 27 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 57% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 23 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 57.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,613 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 60.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX 460 averages DirectX 9 61 fps, DirectX 10 18 fps, DirectX 11 27 fps, DirectX 12 23 fps and GPU Compute 1,613 ops/s, across 4,012 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 2.2 TFLOPS stated by AMD

Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel/s calculatedcalculated from TMUs x boost clock (MHz) / 1000 = 56 x 1200 / 1000

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 2.2 TFLOPS for the AMD Radeon RX 460. Texture fill rate (67.2 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 1090 MHz

Memory clock 1750 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2016-08-09

Samples 4,012

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon RX 460 states the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 1090 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2016-08-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Baffin

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 3,000 M

Die size 123 mm²

The AMD Radeon RX 460 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Baffin graphics processor, contains 3,000 million transistors and has a die size of 123 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 896

Compute units 14

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 56

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 460 has 896 shading units, 14 compute units, 56 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon RX 460.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.09 GHz

Boost clock 1.20 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon RX 460 runs at a base clock of 1.09 GHz and boosts to 1.20 GHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 112.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon RX 460 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 112.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon RX 460 has a board power rating of 70 W, a total board power of 70 W, a power supply of at least 400 W is recommended and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) 70 W

Total board power 70 W

Suggested PSU 400 W

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Market

Launched August 8, 2016

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon RX 400 Series

The AMD Radeon RX 460 was released on August 8, 2016.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 4,097

PassMark G2D 582

Rank #623

Samples 4,012

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon RX 460 supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenCL 2.0.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

OpenCL 2.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon RX 460. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon RX 460.

Features

The AMD Radeon RX 460 has 5 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: AMD CrossFire

Support for combining two AMD GPUs for multi-GPU setups.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 460 supports ECC memory, AMD AI accelerators and Tensor cores. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 supports AMD CrossFire under Compute and AI.

Display features

Supported: AMD FreeSync

Support for AMD's variable refresh rate technology, which syncs compatible displays to the GPU to reduce tearing and stutter.
Supported: HDMI 4K output

The vendor states the GPU can drive a 4K display over HDMI.

Not listed (6)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 460 supports Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 supports AMD FreeSync and HDMI 4K output under Display features.

Software and drivers

Supported: Radeon Chill

AMD driver feature that lowers frame rate when there is little on-screen action to cut power use and heat.
Supported: Radeon ReLive

AMD's built-in tool for recording and streaming gameplay.

Not listed (6)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 460 supports Enhanced Sync, Image sharpening, Radeon Anti-Lag, Radeon Boost, Radeon Super Resolution and AMD Fluid Motion Frames. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 supports Radeon Chill and Radeon ReLive under Software and drivers.

Media engine

The AMD Radeon RX 460 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265).

AMD Unified Video Decoder SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-decoding block found on many GCN-era and earlier Radeon GPUs.

AMD Video Coding Engine SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-encoding block found on many GCN-era Radeon GPUs.

Hardware video codec support of the AMD Radeon RX 460
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode supported, decode supported	Supported	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 460 supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the AMD Radeon RX 460: AMD Unified Video Decoder and AMD Video Coding Engine.

Display outputs

The AMD Radeon RX 460 offers outputs DisplayPort 1.4 HDR, HDMI 4K60 Support and DisplayPort 1.4.

Outputs DisplayPort 1.4 HDR, HDMI 4K60 Support

DisplayPort 1.4

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon RX 460 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon(TM) RX 460 Graphics, ASUS Radeon (TM) RX 460 Series, AMD Radeon (TM) RX 460 Graphics, Radeon(TM) RX 460 and AMD Radeon (TM) RX 460.

Other names (PassMark) Radeon(TM) RX 460 Graphics; ASUS Radeon (TM) RX 460 Series; AMD Radeon (TM) RX 460 Graphics; Radeon(TM) RX 460; AMD Radeon (TM) RX 460

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 460 have?

The AMD Radeon RX 460 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 112.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 460 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon RX 460 has a board power rating of 70 W. Feex records a suggested power supply of at least 400 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 460?

The AMD Radeon RX 460 scores 4,097 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #623. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 23 fps.