AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 926 MHz
  • Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1206 MHz
  • 1799.9x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 154.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43810 vs 34593
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16573 vs 9983
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16573 vs 9983
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2443
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2443
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3364 vs 1674
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3364 vs 1674
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 728
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 8024
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1243 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed 1855 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s vs 154.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 43810 vs 34593
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16573 vs 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16573 vs 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 vs 1674
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 vs 728
PassMark - G3D Mark 17591 vs 8024

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 205 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
43810
34593
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16573
9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16573
9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
1674
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1060
728
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17591
8024
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5700X AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
Geekbench - OpenCL 43810 34593
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16573 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16573 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 1674
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 728
PassMark - G3D Mark 17591 8024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3700

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 10 Ellesmere
Launch date Q3'2020 4 August 2016
Place in performance rating 146 369
Type Workstation Desktop
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 100.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1855 MHz 1206 MHz
Compute units 40 32
Core clock speed 1243 MHz 926 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 2048
Pixel fill rate 123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s 154.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power 85-110 Watt
Stream Processors 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 12 inches (305 mm) 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Width Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 211 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 6600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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