Radeon Vega 7 vs R9 M470X

Place in the ranking	505	535
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Power efficiency	no data	11.46
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Emerald	Cezanne
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 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	448
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	61.60	53.20
Floating-point processing power	1.971 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	56	28

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	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	no data
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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2

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	24−27 +4.3%	23 −4.3%
1440p	27−30 +8%	25 −8%
4K	16−18 +6.7%	15 −6.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +17.2%	29 −17.2%
Forza Horizon 5	20−22 +11.1%	18 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +9.5%	21 −9.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −17.4%	27 +17.4%
Valorant	30−35 +6.9%	29 −6.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Dota 2	30−33 +76.5%	17 −76.5%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +28.6%	28 −28.6%
Fortnite	50−55 +13.6%	40−45 −13.6%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +41.7%	24 −41.7%
Forza Horizon 5	20−22 +17.6%	16−18 −17.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +53.3%	15 −53.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 +45.7%	46 −45.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +13%	21−24 −13%
Valorant	30−35 +121%	14 −121%
World of Tanks	120−130 +117%	58 −117%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +21.4%	14−16 −21.4%
Dota 2	30−33 +25%	24−27 −25%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +9.1%	30−35 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +61.9%	21 −61.9%
Forza Horizon 5	20−22 +66.7%	12 −66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 +11.7%	60−65 −11.7%
Valorant	30−35 +24%	25 −24%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +20%	35−40 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
World of Tanks	60−65 +13%	50−55 −13%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +23.1%	12−14 −23.1%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Valorant	21−24 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Dota 2	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +9.1%	21−24 −9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Dota 2	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Fortnite	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Valorant	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

This is how R9 M470X and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

R9 M470X is 4% faster in 1080p
R9 M470X is 8% faster in 1440p
R9 M470X is 7% faster in 4K

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

in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M470X is 200% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Vega 7 is 17% faster.

All in all, in popular games: