Radeon RX 470D vs FirePro W4300
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 591 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.60 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Bonaire | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 December 2015 (9 years ago) | 21 October 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 926 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1206 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 44.64 | 135.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.428 TFLOPS | 4.322 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 171 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 211.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x mini-DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 December 2015 | 21 October 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 120 Watt |
FirePro W4300 has 140% lower power consumption.
RX 470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro W4300 and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro W4300 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 470D is a desktop one.
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