Radeon R6 Graphics vs HD 7470 OEM

Primary Details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameCaicosSpectre Lite
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 January 2012 (12 years ago)17 September 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price$15 $175

Detailed Specifications

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 cores160384
Core clock speed750 MHz533 MHz
Boost clock speedno data600 MHz
Number of transistors370 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate6.00014.40
Floating-point performance240.0 gflops503.0 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed3600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/sno data

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 DisplayPortNo outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.0
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 5 January 2012 17 September 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 15 Watt

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