AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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: 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 (Laptop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1206 MHz vs 925 MHz
• Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 137.5 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 300 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• 4.8x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1375 MHz
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 84.381
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1389.754
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 8.872
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.362 vs 481.76
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 9448
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 9448
• Around 62% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3697 vs 2276

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

• 773.3x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 99.875
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1674
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34595 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	111.543 84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1817.005 1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.511 8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	99.875 101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	511.362 481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 2276

Compare specifications (specs)