In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G and the ASUS GeForce GTX 980, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 129 % faster than the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) and has 896 texture shaders and 14 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock
1.090 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.212 GHz
1.216 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.090 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 1.127 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
TDP
75 W
165 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays
3
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_0
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Length
191 mm
267 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
37 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G is 191 mm long, 111 mm high and 37 mm wide.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS GeForce GTX 980 +154.1 %
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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