AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs ATI FirePro RG220

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and ATI FirePro RG220 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

ATI FirePro RG220

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 768 vs 80
19.2x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 1 May 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331 vs 335

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220

Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 552 vs 307

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	552 vs 307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

335

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

552

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	ATI FirePro RG220
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	335
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	552
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	ATI FirePro RG220
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Strato	RV711
Launch date	15 May 2016	1 May 2008
Place in performance rating	768	252
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	80
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	242 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0