GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Radeon R9 M470X

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Aggregate performance score

R9 M470X
2016
4 GB GDDR5
8.40

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 M470X by a whopping 572% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking46936
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data43.71
ArchitectureGCN 2 (2016)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameEmeraldTuring TU102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 May 2016 (8 years ago)27 August 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999
Current priceno data$297 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8964352
Core clock speed1100 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data270 Watt
Texture fill rate61.60420.2
Floating-point performance1,971 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M470X and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB11 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit352 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s616.0 GB/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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

R9 M470X 8.40
RTX 2080 Ti 56.41
+572%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 M470X by 572% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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%

R9 M470X 3244
RTX 2080 Ti 21786
+572%

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 M470X by 572% in Passmark.

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 HD24−27
−596%
167
+596%
1440p16−18
−638%
118
+638%
4K12−14
−667%
92
+667%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−715%
100−110
+715%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−635%
125
+635%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−873%
107
+873%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−876%
244
+876%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−529%
100−110
+529%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−715%
100−110
+715%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−758%
163
+758%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−721%
197
+721%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−344%
182
+344%
Hitman 3 16−18
−906%
161
+906%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−568%
247
+568%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−500%
144
+500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−361%
106
+361%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−850%
240−250
+850%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−247%
111
+247%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−535%
108
+535%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−727%
91
+727%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−796%
224
+796%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−529%
100−110
+529%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−715%
100−110
+715%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−595%
132
+595%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−533%
152
+533%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−683%
321
+683%
Hitman 3 16−18
−681%
125
+681%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−622%
267
+622%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−421%
125
+421%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−361%
106
+361%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−850%
240−250
+850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−1353%
247
+1353%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−697%
255
+697%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−382%
82
+382%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−627%
80
+627%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−506%
103
+506%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−715%
100−110
+715%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−379%
91
+379%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−310%
168
+310%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−446%
202
+446%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−850%
240−250
+850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−694%
135
+694%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−181%
90
+181%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−352%
104
+352%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−938%
166
+938%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−1008%
144
+1008%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−800%
72
+800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1575%
67
+1575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−1080%
118
+1080%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1250%
50−55
+1250%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−800%
117
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−880%
147
+880%
Hitman 3 12−14
−733%
100
+733%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−800%
162
+800%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−791%
98
+791%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1556%
140−150
+1556%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−1075%
90−95
+1075%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1725%
73
+1725%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−650%
105
+650%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−988%
87
+988%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−1000%
66
+1000%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1375%
59
+1375%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1425%
61
+1425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−1860%
98
+1860%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−900%
50
+900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1050%
46
+1050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1200%
52
+1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2400%
24−27
+2400%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1150%
50
+1150%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−970%
107
+970%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−1011%
100
+1011%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−756%
77
+756%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−1367%
44
+1367%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−813%
73
+813%

This is how R9 M470X and RTX 2080 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 596% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 638% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 667% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 Ti is 2400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2080 Ti surpassed R9 M470X in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.40 56.41
Recency 14 May 2016 27 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 11 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M470X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M470X is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a desktop one.


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

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