FirePro W9000 vs Radeon RX 460 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W9000 and Radeon RX 460 mobile. 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 FirePro W9000 and Radeon RX 460 mobile. 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 RX 460 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 460 mobile 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 RX 460 mobile here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon RX 460 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 55 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W9000 has 536% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 460 mobile.
  • FirePro W9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 460 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 460 mobile.
  • FirePro W9000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 460 mobile - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 460 mobile - with Polaris.
  • FirePro W9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 460 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 460 mobile is 500 MHz higher, than FirePro W9000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 111% more, than Radeon RX 460 mobile.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon RX 460 mobile
Architecture GCN 1.0 Polaris
Code name Tahiti Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 14 June 2012 8 August 2016
Pipelines 2048 896
Core clock speed 975 MHz
Boost Clock 1180 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 66.08
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 2,115 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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