AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs AMD FirePro W4300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and AMD FirePro W4300 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 2818
  • 5.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 10312
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 1 December 2015
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 1,428 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3244 vs 2818
Geekbench - OpenCL 57109 vs 10312

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4300

  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 426
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6161 vs 3715
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6161 vs 3715
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17597 vs 3359
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17597 vs 3359
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6161 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6161 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17597 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17597 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W4300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3244
2818
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
426
659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
6161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
6161
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57109
10312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
17597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
17597
Name AMD Radeon R9 M470X AMD FirePro W4300
PassMark - G3D Mark 3244 2818
PassMark - G2D Mark 426 659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 6161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 6161
Geekbench - OpenCL 57109 10312
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 17597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 17597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 828.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 152.484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3572

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M470X AMD FirePro W4300

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Strato Bonaire
Launch date 15 May 2016 1 December 2015
Place in performance rating 460 416
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops 1,428 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 768
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s 44.64 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,080 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 171 mm
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 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0