AMD Radeon R9 M470X: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 M470X 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 8.38% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M470X: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 465 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | GCN 2 (2016) | |
| GPU code name | Emerald | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 14 May 2016 (7 years old) |
Technical specs
Radeon R9 M470X's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M470X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 896 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| 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 | 61.60 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon R9 M470X'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 M470X: 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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M470X. 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 M470X, 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 M470X. 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 the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon R9 M470X 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 | 12−14 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 16−18 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 21−24 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30 | |
| Hitman 3 | 21−24 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 16−18 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 14−16 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 18−20 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 16−18 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 21−24 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30 | |
| Hitman 3 | 21−24 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 16−18 | |
| Metro Exodus | 12−14 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 14−16 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 18−20 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16−18 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 16−18 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16−18 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
| Hitman 3 | 12−14 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Metro Exodus | 7−8 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 12−14 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 12−14 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 6−7 | |
| Hitman 3 | 8−9 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 7−8 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 9−10 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−11 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Relative perfomance
Overall Radeon R9 M470X performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M470X is GeForce GTX 680M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 M470X:
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 M470X according to our statistics.
