AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs AMD Radeon R7 A265

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and AMD Radeon R7 A265 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

AMD Radeon R7 A265

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 825 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
3.1x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 994
8.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 6925

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 9 January 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 994
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109 vs 6925

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 426

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	468 vs 426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A265

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

468

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57109

6925

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon R7 A265
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	994
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	468
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109	6925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon R7 A265
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Strato	Opal
Launch date	15 May 2016	9 January 2014
Place in performance rating	461	455
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	825 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	384
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0