Radeon R9 M470: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Radeon R9 M470 provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 5.27% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 M470 sales 15 May 2016. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 2.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M470: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking640
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameEmerald
Market segmentLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Radeon R9 M470's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M470's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Boost clock speed1000 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Texture fill rate48.00of 1,968.0 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
Floating-point processing power1.536 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
ROPs16of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs48of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L1 Cache192 KBof 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550)
L2 Cache256 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 M470 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M470: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed1500 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M470. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API and SDK support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M470, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.3
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M470. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R9 M470
5.27

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.

R9 M470 2330
Samples: 7

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.

R9 M470 3655

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 M470 24365

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R9 M470 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 24−27
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
Far Cry 5 18−20
Fortnite 30−35
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
Valorant 65−70

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 24−27
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
Dota 2 45−50
Far Cry 5 18−20
Fortnite 30−35
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
Metro Exodus 10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
Valorant 65−70

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
Dota 2 45−50
Far Cry 5 18−20
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
Valorant 65−70

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 30−35

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
Metro Exodus 5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
Valorant 60−65

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 8−9
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 10−12

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
Metro Exodus 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
Valorant 27−30

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Dota 2 20−22
Far Cry 5 5−6
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7

4K
Epic

Fortnite 6−7

Closest competitors

Radeon R9 M470's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M470 is GeForce GTX 485M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 M470:

GeForce MX250 102.09
GeForce MX330 101.33
Radeon R9 M470 100
GeForce 945M 90.51

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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