GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon RX 470 Mobile

Place in the ranking	307	5
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.20	36.63
Power efficiency	14.77	16.27
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	GB203
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 August 2016 (8 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99	$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 5080 has 259% better value for money than RX 470 Mobile.

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	2048	10752
Core clock speed	926 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	1074 MHz	2617 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	360 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.5	879.3
Floating-point processing power	4.399 TFLOPS	56.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	128
TMUs	128	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	960.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +256%	9−10 −256%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −344%	160−170 +344%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −366%	270−280 +366%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +256%	9−10 −256%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −344%	160−170 +344%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −361%	350−400 +361%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 −349%	220−230 +349%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −349%	220−230 +349%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +1333%	3−4 −1333%
Valorant	70−75 −305%	300−310 +305%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −366%	270−280 +366%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +256%	9−10 −256%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −344%	160−170 +344%
Dota 2	65−70 −362%	300−310 +362%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +1160%	5−6 −1160%
Fortnite	95−100 −359%	450−500 +359%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −361%	350−400 +361%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 −349%	220−230 +349%
Grand Theft Auto V	65−70 −362%	300−310 +362%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −349%	220−230 +349%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +3025%	4−5 −3025%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +1333%	3−4 −1333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +1325%	4−5 −1325%
Valorant	70−75 −305%	300−310 +305%
World of Tanks	220−230 +2650%	8−9 −2650%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −366%	270−280 +366%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +256%	9−10 −256%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −344%	160−170 +344%
Dota 2	65−70 −362%	300−310 +362%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +1160%	5−6 −1160%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 −361%	350−400 +361%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 −349%	220−230 +349%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +3025%	4−5 −3025%
Valorant	70−75 −305%	300−310 +305%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 −364%	130−140 +364%
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30 −348%	130−140 +348%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 −355%	750−800 +355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −338%	70−75 +338%
World of Tanks	120−130 −340%	550−600 +340%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −359%	170−180 +359%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −338%	70−75 +338%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −364%	65−70 +364%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +1075%	4−5 −1075%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −357%	210−220 +357%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 −348%	130−140 +348%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −363%	190−200 +363%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −340%	110−120 +340%
Valorant	45−50 +1050%	4−5 −1050%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Dota 2	30−35 +107%	14−16 −107%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −352%	140−150 +352%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −362%	60−65 +362%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 −363%	250−260 +363%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −358%	55−60 +358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −352%	140−150 +352%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −344%	80−85 +344%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Dota 2	30−35 −352%	140−150 +352%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −335%	100−105 +335%
Fortnite	21−24 −352%	95−100 +352%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −344%	120−130 +344%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 −333%	65−70 +333%
Valorant	21−24	0−1

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 3025% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 470 Mobile surpassed RTX 5080 in all 17 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.24	85.08
Recency	4 August 2016	30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	360 Watt

RX 470 Mobile has 323.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 366.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 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 RTX 5080 is a desktop one.

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