Radeon RX 5700 vs RX 470 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	276	114
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	40.05	79.99
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 10 Pro	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 August 2016 (7 years ago)	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99	$349
Current price	$148 (0.3x MSRP)	$116 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 has 100% better value for money than RX 470 Mobile.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	2048	2304
Core clock speed	926 MHz	1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz	1725 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.5	248.4
Floating-point performance	4,399 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 470 Mobile and Radeon RX 5700 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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	268 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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 18.88

RX 5700 37.49
+98.6%

RX 5700 outperforms RX 470 Mobile by 99% based on our aggregate 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

RX 5700 23746
+122%

RX 5700 outperforms RX 470 Mobile by 122% 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 HD	55−60 −105%	113 +105%
1440p	30−35 −123%	67 +123%
4K	21−24 −105%	43 +105%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Battlefield 5	60−65	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55	no data
Forza Horizon 4	85−90	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Battlefield 5	60−65	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55	no data
Forza Horizon 4	85−90	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	85−90	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	30−35	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	35−40	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	no data
Far Cry 5	10−11	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9	no data