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.

Radeon RX 400 Series

Radeon RX 480	2304 @ 1.12 - 1.27 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	2048 @ 0.93 - 1.21 GHz	256 Bit @ 6600 MHz
Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	2048 @ 0.93 - 1.21 GHz	256 Bit @ 7000 MHz
Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	896 @ 1.09 - 1.2 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz

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

8 GB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan

Power Consumption

120 Watt

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 (19%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	3756

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics

3624 Points (17%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	3624

Qualcomm Adreno 618 -97%

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AMD Radeon Pro 5500M -7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile -5%

NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU -4%

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Desktop) -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 -2%

AMD Radeon RX 5300M -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile -1%

NVIDIA GeForce MX570 0%

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 2%

AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop) 7%

NVIDIA Quadro P5000 7%

Intel Arc A370M 7%

AMD Radeon RX 570 (Desktop) 9%

NVIDIA Quadro P4000 9%

AMD Radeon R9 290X 10%

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Desktop) 13%

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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 499%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics

380689 Points (45%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	380689

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score

min: 16841 avg: 21727 median: 21727 (23%) max: 26613 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus Radeon RX470 DirectCU II (RX470-DC2-4G)	4460	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1226 / 6600 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	16841
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	26613

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics

min: 66398 avg: 68475 median: 68475 (27%) max: 70552 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	66398
Asus Radeon RX470 DirectCU II (RX470-DC2-4G)	4460	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1226 / 6600 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	70552

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score

min: 8931 avg: 9507 median: 9507 (23%) max: 10083 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus Radeon RX470 DirectCU II (RX470-DC2-4G)	4460	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1226 / 6600 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	8931
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	10083

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics

min: 11869 avg: 11885 median: 11884.5 (20%) max: 11900 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	11869
Asus Radeon RX470 DirectCU II (RX470-DC2-4G)	4460	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1226 / 6600 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	11900

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score

min: 12328 avg: 13832 median: 13831.5 (28%) max: 15335 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus Radeon RX470 DirectCU II (RX470-DC2-4G)	4460	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1226 / 6600 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	12328
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	15335

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

min: 17511 avg: 17625 median: 17624.5 (25%) max: 17738 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus Radeon RX470 DirectCU II (RX470-DC2-4G)	4460	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1226 / 6600 MHz 4 GB	8 GB	17511
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	17738

AMD Radeon HD 6250 -99%

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NVIDIA Quadro P3200 -8%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU -8%

AMD Radeon RX 6500M -8%

AMD Radeon RX 5500M -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) -3%

AMD Radeon R9 Nano -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 -1%

AMD Radeon R9 Fury 0%

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 0%

NVIDIA RTX A2000 Laptop GPU 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 1%

AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop) 2%

AMD Radeon R9 390X 2%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU 2%

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 2%

AMD Radeon RX 570 (Desktop) 8%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 8%

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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 300%

100%

Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX

min: 47.2 avg: 47.3 median: 47.3 (20%) max: 47.4 fps

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	47.2
XFX RX 470	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1256 / 1750 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	47.4

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU

1440 Samples/s (7%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	1440

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU

3020 Samples/s (5%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	3020

ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result

9044 points (17%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	9044

Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *

313 Watt (48%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	313

Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *

250 Watt (35%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	250

Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor

0.2 Points per Watt (0%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB	4790K	Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 1242 / 1650 MHz 4 GB	16 GB	0.1628

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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.