Radeon R9 M470 vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in performance ranking	544	551
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	GCN 2 (2016)
GPU code name	Vega Renoir	Saturn
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	14 May 2016 (7 years ago)

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 cores	384	768
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	no data	48.00
Floating-point performance	no data	1,536 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon R9 M470 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	no data	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16

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 type	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	96 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	12_1	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.3
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	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 Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.23
+3.5%

R9 M470 6.02

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms R9 M470 by 3% based on our aggregated 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 Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793

R9 M470 3655
+30.9%

R9 M470 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 31% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21857

R9 M470 24365
+11.5%

R9 M470 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 11% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	20 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
1440p	28 +3.7%	27−30 −3.7%
4K	18 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

11
+10%

10−11

−10%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Battlefield 5	22 +15.8%	18−20 −15.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Far Cry 5	15 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	14 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Hitman 3	15 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	11 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	15 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	15 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	13 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Battlefield 5	21 +10.5%	18−20 −10.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7 −157%	18−20 +157%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	16 +23.1%	12−14 −23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Hitman 3	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5 −140%	12−14 +140%
Metro Exodus	8 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	13 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Battlefield 5	19 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	16 +23.1%	12−14 −23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Hitman 3	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and R9 M470 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 11.1% faster than R9 M470 in 1080p
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 3.7% faster than R9 M470 in 1440p
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 12.5% faster than R9 M470 in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 100% faster than the R9 M470.
in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M470 is 157% faster than the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000).

All in all, in popular games: