Radeon RX 550X Mobile vs R9 M470X

Place in the ranking	501	584
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	8.33
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Emerald	Polaris 23
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 years ago)

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	896	640
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1287 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	61.60	51.48
Floating-point processing power	1.971 TFLOPS	1.647 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	56	40

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	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	96 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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

35−40
+34.6%

−34.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14
+30%

10−11

−30%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +31.3%	16−18 −31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Battlefield 5	24−27 +47.1%	16−18 −47.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +46.2%	12−14 −46.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +40%	40−45 −40%
Hitman 3	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +29.7%	35−40 −29.7%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +56.3%	16−18 −56.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +35.3%	16−18 −35.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +7.7%	26 −7.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +16%	50−55 −16%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +31.3%	16−18 −31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Battlefield 5	24−27 +47.1%	16−18 −47.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +46.2%	12−14 −46.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +41.2%	16−18 −41.2%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +40%	40−45 −40%
Hitman 3	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +29.7%	35−40 −29.7%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +56.3%	16−18 −56.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +35.3%	16−18 −35.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +33.3%	21−24 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +20%	20−22 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +16%	50−55 −16%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +31.3%	16−18 −31.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +46.2%	12−14 −46.2%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +40%	40−45 −40%
Hitman 3	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +29.7%	35−40 −29.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +33.3%	21−24 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +84.6%	13 −84.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +16%	50−55 −16%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24
+35.3%

16−18

−35.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +88.9%	18−20 −88.9%
Hitman 3	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +38.5%	35−40 −38.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+27.3%

10−12

−27.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Hitman 3	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +113%	14−16 −113%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%