AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) videocard review
Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 August 2016. At the time of release, the videocard cost $549.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Ellesmere.
Core clock speed - 926 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1206 MHz. Texture fill rate - 137.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 4.9 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 120 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 bit. Memory clock speed - 6600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 211 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.
Benchmarks
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 33787 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 111.543 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 1817.005 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 9.511 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 99.875 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 511.362 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 9983 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 2443 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 1674 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 9983.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 2443.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 1674.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 842 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | Ellesmere |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen |
| Launch date | 4 August 2016 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549.99 |
| Place in performance rating | 488 |
| Price now | $109.99 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 91.95 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1206 MHz |
| Compute units | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4.9 TFLOPs |
| GPU Power | 85-110 Watt |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 |
| Stream Processors | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 137.5 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs |
| VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | |
| 4K H264 Encode | |
| AMD Eyefinity | |
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | |
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | |
| CrossFire | |
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | |
| FreeSync | |
| H265/HEVC Decode | |
| H265/HEVC Encode | |
| HDMI 2.0b | |
| HDMI 4K Support | |
| PowerTune | |
| TrueAudio | |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | |
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | |
| ZeroCore | |

