AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 M470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M470 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 535 vs 307
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3666 vs 1804
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1674
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3666 vs 1804
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1674
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 535 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1674

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

  • Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • Around 62% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 1938
  • 5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 9616
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2331 vs 1938
Geekbench - OpenCL 47924 vs 9616

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M470

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1938
2331
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
535
307
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9616
47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1674
Name AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM AMD Radeon R9 M470
PassMark - G3D Mark 1938 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark 535 307
Geekbench - OpenCL 9616 47924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 1674

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM AMD Radeon R9 M470

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Cape Verde Strato
Launch date 30 June 2016 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 768 769
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 925 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,080 million
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0