GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G
vs
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G and the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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.

Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G GPU Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5
AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
Baffin PRO GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Baffin Architecture GCN 4
14 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
896 Shader 2304
16 Render Output Units 32
56 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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 Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.090 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 1.257 GHz.

1.090 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.212 GHz Boost Clock 1.411 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has a TDP of 235 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

75 W TDP 235 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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 Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_0 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G is 191 mm long, 111 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.

191 mm Length 260 mm
111 mm Height 135 mm
37 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 139 $ (Reference).

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.

GV-RX460WF2OC-4GD Part-no 11265-01 / 11265-03 / 11265-34
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2017
139 $ (Reference) Launch Price 229 $
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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