AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and ATI Radeon X800 GT 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • 40.6x more texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
  • 6.7x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 986 MHz
  • 95.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8022 vs 84
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 728 vs 423
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 August 2016 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed 926 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate 154.4 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz vs 986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8022 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 728 vs 423

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 120 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8022
84
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
728
423
Name AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 8022 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 728 423
Geekbench - OpenCL 34588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3699

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) ATI Radeon X800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 R400
Code name Ellesmere R430
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 4 August 2016 1 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Place in performance rating 369 370
Price now $109.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 100.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 926 MHz 475 MHz
Floating-point performance 4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power 85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 2048
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 154.4 GTexel / s 3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 160 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12 9.0b
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s 31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz 986 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore