Vitals
Built on the latest processes from both companies, the GTX 1050 consumes the least amount of juice. Being even handed, 110W, the maximum reported figure under full load, barely tickles the capacity of any modern PSU.
A by-product of such relatively low consumption is good temperatures and quiet running. No card made anything approaching a racket during our testing. Indeed with official TDPs of 75W, one wouldn't expect anything different.
Overclocking
We increased each card's core and memory frequency without touching the voltage.
RX 460 Overclocking |
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|---|---|---|
Max Core Clock |
Max MemClock |
|
| Asus Radeon RX 460 Strix OC | 1,340 |
8,000 |
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 OC 2GB | 1,260 |
7,700 |
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 OC 4GB | 1,260 |
7,800 |
| Sapphire Radeon RX 460 Nitro OC | 1,330 |
8,000 |
| XFX Radeon RX 460 Core DD | 1,300 |
7,850 |
The numbers show that it is unlikely you will achieve much more than 1,300MHz on the core. Memory scales about 10 per cent higher than stock. Interestingly, the Asus card, in 1,024-core mode, overclocked to the same levels.