Radeon RX 570X vs R4 (Beema)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R4 (Beema) with Radeon RX 570X, including specs and performance data.

R4 (Beema)
2014
0.90

570X outperforms R4 (Beema) by a whopping 383% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1160689
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.93
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameBeemaPolaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 April 2014 (11 years ago)11 April 2018 (7 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 cores1282048
Core clock speed800 MHz1168 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1244 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rateno data159.2
Floating-point processing powerno data5.095 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data128
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R4 (Beema) 0.90
RX 570X 4.35
+383%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R4 (Beema) 399
RX 570X 1923
+382%
Samples: 1

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 HD8
−338%
35−40
+338%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Fortnite 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
Valorant 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 22
−355%
100−105
+355%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Dota 2 14−16
−364%
65−70
+364%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Fortnite 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Valorant 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Dota 2 14−16
−364%
65−70
+364%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−344%
40−45
+344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−350%
27−30
+350%
Valorant 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−350%
45−50
+350%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−367%
70−75
+367%
Valorant 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%

This is how R4 (Beema) and RX 570X compete in popular games:

  • RX 570X is 338% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.90 4.35
Recency 29 April 2014 11 April 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

RX 570X has a 383.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 570X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Beema) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R4 (Beema) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 570X is a desktop one.

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