NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile

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Combined performance score

RX 470 Mobile
18.81

GeForce GTX 780 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 31% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking273204
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money41.715.05
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code namePolaris 10 ProGK110
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (7 years old)7 November 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$549.99 $699
Current price$148 (0.3x MSRP)$461 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 470 Mobile has 726% better value for money than GTX 780 Ti.

Technical specs

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 cores20482880
CUDA coresno data2880
Core clock speed926 MHz875 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz928 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate137.5210 billion/sec
Floating-point performance4,399 gflops5,345 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 470 Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 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
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data10.5" (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataOne 8-pin and one 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s336 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMIno data+
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

FreeSync+no data
Blu Ray 3Dno data+
3D Gamingno data+
3D Visionno data+
3D Vision Liveno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno data+

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.

RX 470 Mobile 18.81
GTX 780 Ti 24.56
+30.6%

GeForce GTX 780 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 31% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 470 Mobile 10715
GTX 780 Ti 11812
+10.2%

GeForce GTX 780 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 470 Mobile by 10% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD70−75
−37.1%
96
+37.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−33.3%
40−45
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−25.6%
45−50
+25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−30.3%
40−45
+30.3%
Battlefield 5 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−32.7%
65−70
+32.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−33.3%
40−45
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−30.6%
60−65
+30.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−27.5%
65−70
+27.5%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−26.2%
80−85
+26.2%
Hitman 3 50−55
−37%
70−75
+37%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−32.5%
50−55
+32.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−29%
40−45
+29%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−35%
50−55
+35%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−30.6%
45−50
+30.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−25.6%
45−50
+25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−30.3%
40−45
+30.3%
Battlefield 5 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−32.7%
65−70
+32.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−33.3%
40−45
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−30.6%
60−65
+30.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−27.5%
65−70
+27.5%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−26.2%
80−85
+26.2%
Hitman 3 50−55
−37%
70−75
+37%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−32.5%
50−55
+32.5%
Metro Exodus 30−33
−36.7%
40−45
+36.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−29%
40−45
+29%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−35%
50−55
+35%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−36.6%
55−60
+36.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−30.6%
45−50
+30.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−25.6%
45−50
+25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−30.3%
40−45
+30.3%
Battlefield 5 60−65
−27%
80−85
+27%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
−33.3%
40−45
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−30.6%
60−65
+30.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−27.5%
65−70
+27.5%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−26.2%
80−85
+26.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−36.6%
55−60
+36.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−30.6%
45−50
+30.6%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−35.7%
35−40
+35.7%
Hitman 3 30−33
−36.7%
40−45
+36.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−32%
30−35
+32%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−35.7%
18−20
+35.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−37.5%
30−35
+37.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−35%
27−30
+35%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−35.5%
40−45
+35.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−30.6%
45−50
+30.6%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−31.6%
50−55
+31.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−45%
27−30
+45%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−35.7%
18−20
+35.7%
Hitman 3 16−18
−35.3%
21−24
+35.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−36.4%
14−16
+36.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−42.1%
27−30
+42.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−36.4%
14−16
+36.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−38.1%
27−30
+38.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−40%
21−24
+40%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−30.8%
30−35
+30.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%

This is how RX 470 Mobile and GTX 780 Ti compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 780 Ti is 37.1% faster than RX 470 Mobile

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 780 Ti is 50% faster than the RX 470 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 780 Ti surpassed RX 470 Mobile in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 18.81 24.56
Recency 4 August 2016 7 November 2013
Cost $549.99 $699
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 780 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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