Radeon RX 470D vs HD 6670

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking912not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.08no data
Power efficiency1.95no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameTurksEllesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date19 April 2011 (13 years ago)21 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4801792
Core clock speedno data926 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors716 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)66 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20135.1
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS4.322 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs24112

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm241 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s211.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2011 21 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 66 Watt 120 Watt

HD 6670 has 81.8% lower power consumption.

RX 470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6670 and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.


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