AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
Around 30% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4617 vs 3244
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 426
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 57109

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	80 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4617 vs 3244
PassMark - G2D Mark	591 vs 426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 57109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

4617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

591

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3716

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57109

77430

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3358

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	4617
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3716
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109	77430
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6821
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Strato	Pitcairn
Launch date	15 May 2016	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	470	472
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1280
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	80 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	2,800 million
Stream Processors		1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		225 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync