GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon RX 470

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 470 and GeForce RTX 4090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 470
2016
4 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
18.11

RTX 4090 outperforms RX 470 by a whopping 374% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2733
Place by popularity407
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.5018.87
Power efficiency12.0015.19
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameEllesmereAD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 4090 has 22% better value for money than RX 470.

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 cores204816384
Core clock speed926 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate154.41,290
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs32176
TMUs128512
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s1.01 TB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 470 18.11
RTX 4090 85.93
+374%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 470 8096
RTX 4090 38421
+375%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 470 17625
RTX 4090 104598
+493%

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 11885
RTX 4090 73447
+518%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 470 68475
RTX 4090 260357
+280%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 470 380689
RTX 4090 771257
+103%

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 HD69
−271%
256
+271%
1440p38
−413%
195
+413%
4K37
−281%
141
+281%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.59
+141%
6.25
−141%
1440p4.71
+74.1%
8.20
−74.1%
4K4.84
+134%
11.34
−134%
  • RX 470 has 141% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RX 470 has 74% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RX 470 has 134% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
−511%
324
+511%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
−211%
351
+211%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−440%
227
+440%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
−400%
265
+400%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−143%
190−200
+143%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
−201%
340
+201%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−433%
224
+433%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−212%
209
+212%
Fortnite 100−110
−193%
300−350
+193%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−330%
300−350
+330%
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
−346%
281
+346%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 71
−149%
170−180
+149%
Valorant 140−150
−365%
650−700
+365%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
−342%
234
+342%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−143%
190−200
+143%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
−201%
340
+201%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 230−240
−18.8%
270−280
+18.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−412%
215
+412%
Dota 2 110−120
−130%
253
+130%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−200%
201
+200%
Fortnite 88
−243%
300−350
+243%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−330%
300−350
+330%
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
−337%
275
+337%
Grand Theft Auto V 73
−138%
174
+138%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−433%
229
+433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50
−254%
170−180
+254%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70
−727%
579
+727%
Valorant 140−150
−365%
650−700
+365%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
−143%
190−200
+143%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−402%
211
+402%
Dota 2 110−120
−104%
224
+104%
Far Cry 5 61
−207%
187
+207%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−330%
300−350
+330%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40
−343%
170−180
+343%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
−660%
304
+660%
Valorant 140−150
−366%
680
+366%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 59
−412%
300−350
+412%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
−643%
312
+643%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
−263%
500−550
+263%
Grand Theft Auto V 33
−391%
162
+391%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−592%
180
+592%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
−2.3%
170−180
+2.3%
Valorant 180−190
−165%
450−500
+165%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−250%
190−200
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−737%
159
+737%
Far Cry 5 43
−335%
187
+335%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−512%
300−350
+512%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−709%
259
+709%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
−228%
150−160
+228%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 16−18
−538%
102
+538%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−822%
166
+822%
Grand Theft Auto V 33
−467%
187
+467%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−756%
137
+756%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−866%
280
+866%
Valorant 110−120
−196%
300−350
+196%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
−353%
130−140
+353%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−733%
150−160
+733%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−913%
81
+913%
Dota 2 86
−164%
227
+164%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−673%
170
+673%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−771%
300−350
+771%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−380%
95−100
+380%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 17
−365%
75−80
+365%

This is how RX 470 and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 is 271% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 is 413% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 is 281% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 913% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed RX 470 in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.11 85.93
Recency 4 August 2016 20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 450 Watt

RX 470 has 275% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 374.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 in performance tests.

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