AMD Radeon R9 M470: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1000
- Max video memory 4 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 6000
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 M470 sales 14 May 2016. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 2 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M470: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 501 | |
| Architecture | GCN 2 (2016) | |
| GPU code name | Saturn | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 14 May 2016 (7 years old) |
Technical specs
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 cores | 768 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Texture fill rate | 48.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon R9 M470's 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 size | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Memory
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 type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R9 M470, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
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 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.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
3DMark Fire Strike Score
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
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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.
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 20−22 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22 | |
| Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 9−10 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 20−22 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22 | |
| Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12 | |
| Metro Exodus | 8−9 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 9−10 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 20−22 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 20−22 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 9−10 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 9−10 | |
| Hitman 3 | 10−11 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10 | |
| Metro Exodus | 6−7 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 8−9 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 3−4 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 9−10 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon R9 M470 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video 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:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon R9 M470 according to our statistics.
