AMD Radeon Pro 460 vs NVIDIA TITAN Xp Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded benchmark data draws a very clear line between these two cards. The NVIDIA TITAN Xp wins every head-to-head comparison in the database, and the margins are substantial. The AMD Radeon Pro 460 does not claim a single benchmark victory in the shared test set, which places it in a fundamentally different performance class.

Looking at the use-case split, the TITAN Xp is the obvious choice for any workload that stresses raw compute throughput. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 72,585 against the Radeon Pro 460's 15,284 represents a 374.9% advantage. That is not a marginal gap; it is a multi-generational leap. For OpenCL-based tasks such as video encoding, physics simulation, or general GPU compute, the TITAN Xp operates in a different tier entirely.

The Vulkan picture is even more lopsided. The TITAN Xp posts 87,180 in Geekbench Vulkan versus 16,816 for the Radeon Pro 460, a delta of 418.4%. Vulkan is increasingly the API of choice for modern game engines and cross-platform graphics workloads, and the data shows the TITAN Xp delivering over five times the score of the AMD part. For any Vulkan-based rendering or compute task, the NVIDIA card is categorically superior.

However, the Radeon Pro 460 has its own niche. It is listed with an IGP slot width, meaning it is designed for portable or integrated systems, likely Mac laptops given the generation field "Radeon Pro Mac (400 Series)". Its 35 W TDP and lack of power connectors indicate a power-sipping design intended for battery-conscious environments. The Radeon Pro 460's only benchmark win in the entire database is its Geekbench Metal score of 20,426, a test the TITAN Xp does not participate in. For macOS-specific Metal workloads, the Radeon Pro 460 provides a functional baseline, though the database does not include a comparative Metal score for the NVIDIA card.

The TITAN Xp also dominates in absolute performance metrics. Its Passmark G3D score of 18,750 places it in the 64th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro 460's average benchmark score of 17,509 lands in the 61st percentile. These percentile figures are close, but they reflect different benchmark suites: the TITAN Xp was tested across ten benchmarks, while the Radeon Pro 460 only has three recorded results. The NVIDIA card's average benchmark score of 19,177 is 9.5% higher than the AMD card's 17,509, but that difference is compressed by the fact that the Radeon Pro 460's Metal score is included in its average while the TITAN Xp has no Metal result.

The Verdict

Based strictly on the recorded data, the choice between these two cards is not a close call. The NVIDIA TITAN Xp wins all two head-to-head benchmarks, with deltas of 374.9% and 418.4%. Anyone selecting a GPU for maximum compute throughput, high-resolution gaming, or professional rendering should pick the TITAN Xp without hesitation. Its 12 GB of GDDR5X memory on a 384-bit bus delivers 547.6 GB/s of bandwidth, dwarfing the Radeon Pro 460's 4 GB GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 81.28 GB/s. The TITAN Xp's 12.15 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is roughly 6.5 times the Radeon Pro 460's 1.858 TFLOPS.

The Radeon Pro 460, by contrast, is a card for a specific form factor. Its 35 W TDP and integrated graphics processor (IGP) designation make it suitable for thin-and-light laptops where power draw and thermals are paramount. The database shows it competing with the NVIDIA Tesla K40c (average score 17,468, delta 0.2%), the AMD Radeon Pro 560 (17,551, delta -0.2%), and the AMD Radeon 780M (17,588, delta -0.5%). These are all lower-power or older parts, confirming the Radeon Pro 460's positioning as a mobile or compact solution rather than a performance flagship.

The verdict is straightforward: the TITAN Xp is for users who need maximum performance and have the power budget for a 250 W dual-slot card with 1x 6-pin and 1x 8-pin connectors. The Radeon Pro 460 is for users who need a functional GPU in a power-constrained, portable system and are willing to accept dramatically lower benchmark scores. There is no scenario in the recorded data where the Radeon Pro 460 outperforms the TITAN Xp on a shared benchmark.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The shared test set between these two cards consists of exactly two benchmarks: Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan. Both are decisive wins for the NVIDIA TITAN Xp.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the TITAN Xp scores 72,585 against the Radeon Pro 460's 15,284. The delta is 374.9%, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers nearly five times the OpenCL compute performance. This test stresses general-purpose GPU computing across a variety of workloads, including image processing, physics, and financial calculations. The TITAN Xp's 3,840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs provide the raw hardware muscle for this result. The Radeon Pro 460's 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs are simply outclassed.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the gap widens further. The TITAN Xp posts 87,180, while the Radeon Pro 460 manages 16,816, a delta of 418.4%. Vulkan is a low-overhead graphics and compute API, and the TITAN Xp's Pascal architecture with its 1,582 MHz boost clock and 12.15 TFLOPS FP32 throughput excels in this environment. The Radeon Pro 460's GCN 4.0 architecture at a 907 MHz boost clock produces 1.858 TFLOPS, which is a small fraction of the NVIDIA card's output.

The database also records the TITAN Xp's performance in additional benchmarks where the Radeon Pro 460 has no comparable result. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the TITAN Xp scores 2,372. In Passmark, it scores 119 in DirectX 10, 152 in DirectX 11, 69 in DirectX 12, 226 in DirectX 9, 883 in G2D, 18,750 in G3D, and 9,430 in GPU Compute. These results paint a picture of a card that is strong across every API generation, from legacy DirectX 9 to modern DX12.

The Radeon Pro 460's only recorded benchmark outside the shared set is Geekbench Metal, where it scores 20,426. This is a meaningful result for macOS users, as Metal is Apple's primary graphics API. The TITAN Xp has no Metal benchmark in the database, so a direct comparison is impossible. However, given the TITAN Xp's massive leads in OpenCL and Vulkan, it is reasonable to infer that its Metal performance would also be strong, though the database does not confirm this.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA TITAN Xp has an average benchmark score of 19,177, while the AMD Radeon Pro 460 has an average of 17,509. This is a 9.5% difference in the NVIDIA card's favor.

Q: What is the biggest performance gap between the two cards?

A: The largest gap is in Geekbench Vulkan, where the TITAN Xp scores 87,180 compared to the Radeon Pro 460's 16,816, a delta of 418.4%. The second-largest is in Geekbench OpenCL, with a delta of 374.9%.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 460 win any benchmark against the TITAN Xp?

A: No. In the head-to-head benchmark data, the TITAN Xp wins both shared tests (Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan). The Radeon Pro 460's only recorded benchmark win is in Geekbench Metal, a test the TITAN Xp does not have a score for.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The TITAN Xp has a TDP of 250 W, while the Radeon Pro 460 has a TDP of 35 W. The TITAN Xp requires 1x 6-pin and 1x 8-pin power connectors and a 600 W suggested power supply, whereas the Radeon Pro 460 has no power connectors and is classified as an integrated graphics processor.

Q: How do their nearest rivals compare?

A: The TITAN Xp's nearest rivals are the GeForce GTX 780 (average score 19,164, delta 0.1%), Tesla K20m (19,089, delta 0.5%), RTX 4050 Mobile (19,049, delta 0.7%), and Radeon RX 6600 (19,036, delta 0.7%). The Radeon Pro 460's nearest rivals are the Radeon Pro 560 (17,551, delta -0.2%), Tesla K40c (17,468, delta 0.2%), Radeon 780M (17,588, delta -0.5%), and RTX 4060 (17,639, delta -0.7%).

Q: Which card has more memory bandwidth?

A: The TITAN Xp has 547.6 GB/s of bandwidth from 12 GB of GDDR5X on a 384-bit bus. The Radeon Pro 460 has 81.28 GB/s from 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus. The TITAN Xp's bandwidth is approximately 6.7 times higher.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from fundamentally different design philosophies. The NVIDIA TITAN Xp is built on the GP102 chip using the Pascal architecture, fabricated on a 16 nm process at TSMC. It contains 11,800 million transistors on a 471 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 25.1 million per square millimeter. The AMD Radeon Pro 460 uses the Baffin chip with GCN 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It has 3,000 million transistors on a 123 mm² die, giving a density of 24.4 million per square millimeter. The process nodes are comparable, but the TITAN Xp's die is nearly four times larger and packs almost four times the transistors.

The compute resources reflect this disparity. The TITAN Xp has 3,840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. The Radeon Pro 460 has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. In terms of throughput, the TITAN Xp achieves 12.15 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, 379.7 GTexel/s of texture rate, and 151.9 GPixel/s of pixel rate. The Radeon Pro 460 delivers 1.858 TFLOPS FP32, 58.05 GTexel/s, and 14.51 GPixel/s. These are not close figures; the TITAN Xp leads by factors of 6.5 in FP32, 6.5 in texture rate, and 10.5 in pixel rate.

Memory architecture differs significantly as well. The TITAN Xp uses 12 GB of GDDR5X on a 384-bit bus with 547.6 GB/s bandwidth, running at 1,426 MHz (11.4 Gbps effective). The Radeon Pro 460 uses 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 81.28 GB/s bandwidth, running at 1,270 MHz (5.1 Gbps effective). The TITAN Xp also has a higher memory clock and a wider bus, which explains its massive bandwidth advantage.

Clock speeds are another point of divergence. The TITAN Xp has a base clock of 1,405 MHz and a boost clock of 1,582 MHz. The Radeon Pro 460 has a base clock of 850 MHz and a boost clock of 907 MHz. The NVIDIA card runs at roughly 75% higher clocks, compounding its architectural advantages.

The feature sets differ in API support. The TITAN Xp supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Radeon Pro 460 supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The TITAN Xp has a higher DirectX feature level and a newer Vulkan version. Neither card has ray tracing cores or tensor cores, as both predate those hardware features.

Form factor and power delivery are starkly different. The TITAN Xp is a dual-slot card measuring 267 mm in length, 112 mm in height, and 40 mm in width, with a 250 W TDP and 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connectors. The Radeon Pro 460 is an integrated graphics processor with no slot width, no dimensions recorded, no power connectors, and a 35 W TDP. The TITAN Xp also uses a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, while the Radeon Pro 460 uses PCIe 3.0 x8. Display outputs differ as well: the TITAN Xp has 1x HDMI 2.0 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the Radeon Pro 460's outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent."

The release timeline shows the TITAN Xp launching on April 5, 2017, with a launch MSRP of 1,199 USD. The Radeon Pro 460 launched earlier on October 29, 2016, and has no recorded MSRP. Both are end-of-life products. The TITAN Xp's predecessor is the GeForce 900 series and its successor is the GeForce 20 series, while the Radeon Pro 460 has no listed predecessor or successor.