AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs AMD Radeon E8950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and AMD Radeon E8950 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

AMD Radeon E8950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 735 MHz

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 735 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

2.7x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
2.7x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	AMD Radeon E8950
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331
PassMark - G2D Mark	307
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		326.391

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	AMD Radeon E8950
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Strato	Amethyst
Launch date	15 May 2016	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	761	762
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	735 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	128.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	5,000 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		95 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0