GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 M470

Place in the ranking	585	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.83
Power efficiency	no data	15.23
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Emerald	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	768	16384
Core clock speed	900 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	1,290
Floating-point processing power	1.536 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	176
TMUs	48	512
Tensor Cores	no data	512
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	128

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	1.01 TB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

R9 M470 6.05

RTX 4090 100.00
+1553%

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

RTX 4090 38533
+1554%

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

RTX 4090 73447
+1909%

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

RTX 4090 260357
+969%

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 HD	14−16 −1750%	259 +1750%
1440p	12−14 −1567%	200 +1567%
4K	8−9 −1688%	143 +1688%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	6.17
1440p	no data	8.00
4K	no data	11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11

−2150%

225
+2150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −1369%	235 +1369%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −4000%	287 +4000%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −1335%	240−250 +1335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −823%	120−130 +823%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2120%	222 +2120%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −808%	110−120 +808%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −1082%	200−210 +1082%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −646%	290−300 +646%
Hitman 3	12−14 −975%	120−130 +975%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −851%	350−400 +851%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −869%	150−160 +869%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −675%	120−130 +675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −2100%	450−500 +2100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −208%	150−160 +208%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −1169%	200−210 +1169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −3443%	248 +3443%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −1335%	240−250 +1335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −823%	120−130 +823%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2040%	214 +2040%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −808%	110−120 +808%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −1082%	200−210 +1082%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −646%	290−300 +646%
Hitman 3	12−14 −975%	120−130 +975%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −851%	350−400 +851%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −869%	150−160 +869%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −675%	120−130 +675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −2510%	548 +2510%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −1105%	240−250 +1105%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −208%	150−160 +208%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −1019%	179 +1019%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −3043%	220 +3043%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −823%	120−130 +823%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −2000%	210 +2000%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −808%	110−120 +808%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −646%	290−300 +646%
Hitman 3	12−14 −975%	120−130 +975%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −965%	394 +965%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −2476%	541 +2476%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −1425%	305 +1425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −206%	153 +206%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−675%

120−130
+675%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 −1409%	160−170 +1409%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1144%	110−120 +1144%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −2483%	155 +2483%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −18200%	183 +18200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1267%	80−85 +1267%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5033%	154 +5033%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1100%	80−85 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1406%	270−280 +1406%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1280%	130−140 +1280%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −2885%	388 +2885%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2940%	152 +2940%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −25100%	504 +25100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −5260%	268 +5260%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −532%	240−250 +532%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−1073%

120−130
+1073%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1660%	85−90 +1660%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1625%	65−70 +1625%
Hitman 3	2−3 −4050%	80−85 +4050%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −600%	105 +600%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −4633%	140−150 +4633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −13950%	281 +13950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2900%	120 +2900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −3900%	120 +3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2500%	50−55 +2500%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	80
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −4167%	250−260 +4167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	282
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −5750%	117 +5750%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−1750%

110−120
+1750%

This is how R9 M470 and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 1750% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 1567% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 1688% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 25100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed R9 M470 in all 70 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.05	100.00
Recency	15 May 2016	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

RTX 4090 has a 1552.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M470 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M470 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.