Quadro CX vs Radeon R7 M460

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro CX and Radeon R7 M460. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro CX and Radeon R7 M460. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R7 M460 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M460 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 M460 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon R7 M460
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M460 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro CX has 1534 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 M460.
  • Quadro CX is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M460 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 M460 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M460 is 382 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M460 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 M460 is 400 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−12 12−14
medium / 1080p 2−3 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 M460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon R7 M460
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Meso
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 21 February 2016
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 602 MHz 984 MHz
Boost Clock 1125 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 27.00
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 864.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
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