AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

The AMD Radeon RX 470 is a mainstream graphics card for desktop PCs. It was announced in August 2016 and is based on the Polaris 10 chip, just like its bigger sibling Radeon RX 480. The GPU does, however, only use 2048 shader units (32 CUs, 128 TMUs) from 2304 (36 CUs, 144 TMUs). The clocks at 926 - 1206 MHz for the core as well as 1650 MHz for 4 or 8 GB GDDR5-VRAM (256-bit interface) are a bit lower as well.
As a result of the reduced hardware equipment, the RX 470 is about 10 percent slower than the RX 480 and just manages the performance level of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970. Modern games from 2016 can usually be played in the Full-HD resolution and the highest settings.
The TDP of the Radeon RX 470 is specified with 120 Watts by AMD, so a single 6-pin power connector is sufficient.
Manufacturer | AMD |
Radeon RX 400 Series | |
Codename | Polaris 10 Pro |
Architecture | Polaris |
Pipelines | 2048 - unified |
Core Speed | 926 - 1206 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 6600 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 8192 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12 |
technology | 14 nm |
Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0b, AMD FreeSync |
Date of Announcement | 04.08.2016 |
Benchmarks
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
3756 Points (21%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
3624 Points (19%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
380689 Points (60%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 16841 avg: 21727 median: 21727 (29%) max: 26613 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 66398 avg: 68475 median: 68475 (34%) max: 70552 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -7%
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 8931 avg: 9507 median: 9507 (25%) max: 10083 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 11869 avg: 11885 median: 11884.5 (24%) max: 11900 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -2%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 12328 avg: 13832 median: 13831.5 (36%) max: 15335 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 17511 avg: 17625 median: 17624.5 (30%) max: 17738 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 1%
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 47.2 avg: 47.3 median: 47.3 (24%) max: 47.4 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 14%
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1440 Samples/s (15%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -2%
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
3020 Samples/s (11%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -2%
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
9044 points (19%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 5%
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
313 Watt (57%)
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AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) -17%
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
250 Watt (42%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -4%
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 2%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 19%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 3%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 24%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 12%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 15%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 13%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 13%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 26%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 17%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 29%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
245 fps [X] Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i7-8086K 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
min:
170 fps, P1:
210 fps, max:
343 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 5%
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop) 25%
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105 fps [X] Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming1.47.22.14 D3D12
Intel Core i7-8086K 3.7GHz
Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
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90 fps, P1:
91.7 fps, max:
138 fps