Radeon E9260 MXM vs RX 470

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking256not rated
Place by popularity55not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.60no data
Power efficiency12.11no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameEllesmereBaffin
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)27 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048896
Core clock speed926 MHz1090 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate154.457.60
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS2.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs12848

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 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
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.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 27 September 2016
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt

E9260 MXM has an age advantage of 1 month, and 140% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 and Radeon E9260 MXM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 is a desktop card while Radeon E9260 MXM is a notebook one.


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