AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

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Combined performance score

GTX 1080 Mobile
35.71
+89.8%

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 90% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking128273
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money92.5041.74
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameN17E-G3Polaris 10 Pro
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years old)4 August 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 $549.99
Current price$230 (0.5x MSRP)$148 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 Mobile has 122% better value for money than RX 470 Mobile.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25602048
CUDA cores2560no data
Core clock speed1607 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.4137.5
Floating-point performance9,068 gflops4,399 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Radeon RX 470 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSyncno data+
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Mobile 35.71
+89.8%
RX 470 Mobile 18.81

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 90% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 Mobile 21394
+99.7%
RX 470 Mobile 10715

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 100% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD115
+91.7%
60−65
−91.7%
1440p71
+103%
35−40
−103%
4K54
+100%
27−30
−100%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+107%
30−33
−107%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 59
+51.3%
35−40
−51.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+136%
30−35
−136%
Battlefield 5 115
+82.5%
60−65
−82.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 133
+171%
45−50
−171%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+107%
30−33
−107%
Far Cry 5 91
+82%
50−55
−82%
Far Cry New Dawn 89
+74.5%
50−55
−74.5%
Forza Horizon 4 108
+66.2%
65−70
−66.2%
Hitman 3 110−120
+109%
50−55
−109%
Horizon Zero Dawn 84
+110%
40−45
−110%
Red Dead Redemption 2 91
+194%
30−35
−194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 84
+110%
40−45
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 77
+114%
35−40
−114%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
+33.3%
35−40
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+106%
30−35
−106%
Battlefield 5 112
+77.8%
60−65
−77.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110
+124%
45−50
−124%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+107%
30−33
−107%
Far Cry 5 117
+134%
50−55
−134%
Far Cry New Dawn 85
+66.7%
50−55
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 106
+63.1%
65−70
−63.1%
Hitman 3 110−120
+109%
50−55
−109%
Horizon Zero Dawn 68
+70%
40−45
−70%
Metro Exodus 73
+143%
30−33
−143%
Red Dead Redemption 2 51
+64.5%
30−35
−64.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
+108%
40−45
−108%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 142
+246%
40−45
−246%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
+88.9%
35−40
−88.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+35.9%
35−40
−35.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 59
+78.8%
30−35
−78.8%
Battlefield 5 102
+61.9%
60−65
−61.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+107%
30−33
−107%
Far Cry 5 108
+116%
50−55
−116%
Far Cry New Dawn 77
+51%
50−55
−51%
Forza Horizon 4 102
+56.9%
65−70
−56.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+80.5%
40−45
−80.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 51
+41.7%
35−40
−41.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 74
+164%
27−30
−164%
Hitman 3 65−70
+117%
30−33
−117%
Horizon Zero Dawn 49
+96%
24−27
−96%
Metro Exodus 44
+144%
18−20
−144%
Red Dead Redemption 2 32
+129%
14−16
−129%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 62
+158%
24−27
−158%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
+110%
20−22
−110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+171%
16−18
−171%
Battlefield 5 86
+110%
40−45
−110%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Far Cry 5 74
+139%
30−35
−139%
Far Cry New Dawn 74
+106%
35−40
−106%
Forza Horizon 4 87
+129%
35−40
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+150%
20−22
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 37
+185%
12−14
−185%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40
+186%
14−16
−186%
Hitman 3 35−40
+106%
16−18
−106%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Metro Exodus 27
+145%
10−12
−145%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20
+100%
10−11
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 31
+158%
12−14
−158%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+168%
18−20
−168%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+182%
10−12
−182%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27
+170%
10−11
−170%
Battlefield 5 52
+148%
21−24
−148%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Far Cry 5 40
+167%
14−16
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 45
+150%
18−20
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+135%
24−27
−135%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+163%
8−9
−163%

This is how GTX 1080 Mobile and RX 470 Mobile compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 91.7% faster than RX 470 Mobile

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 103% faster than RX 470 Mobile

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1080 Mobile is 100% faster than RX 470 Mobile

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1080 Mobile is 246% faster than the RX 470 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1080 Mobile surpassed RX 470 Mobile in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 35.71 18.81
Cost $499.99 $549.99
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 Mobile in performance tests.


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