Radeon RX 470 Mobile: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Radeon RX 470 Mobile provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 15.60% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

AMD started Radeon RX 470 Mobile sales 4 August 2016 at a recommended price of $549.99. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 4.0 architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 85 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon RX 470 (Laptop): architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking353
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.53
Power efficiency14.77of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmere
Market segmentLaptop
Release date4 August 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549.99 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)'s specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)'s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed926 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Boost clock speed1074 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Number of transistors5,700 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology14 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)85 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate137.5of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power4.399 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs32of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs128of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L1 Cache512 KBof 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550)
L2 Cache2 MBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 470 (Laptop): 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 typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 470 (Laptop). 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 ConnectorsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon RX 470 (Laptop). You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+

API and SDK support

APIs supported by Radeon RX 470 (Laptop), sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.4
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 470 Mobile. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 470 Mobile
15.60

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.

RX 470 Mobile 10715

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon RX 470 Mobile 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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 95−100
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Far Cry 5 55−60
Fortnite 90−95
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
Valorant 130−140

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 210−220
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Dota 2 100−110
Far Cry 5 55−60
Fortnite 90−95
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35
Metro Exodus 35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
Valorant 130−140

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Dota 2 100−110
Far Cry 5 55−60
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
Valorant 130−140

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 90−95

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
Metro Exodus 21−24
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
Valorant 160−170

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 35−40
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
Hogwarts Legacy 18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 35−40

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
Metro Exodus 12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
Valorant 90−95

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
Dota 2 55−60
Far Cry 5 18−20
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18

Closest competitors

Radeon RX 470 Mobile's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 470 Mobile is GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q, which is faster by 1% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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