AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 280 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1206 MHz vs 933 MHz
• Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 137.5 GTexel / s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
• Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• 5.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 67.829
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1266.685
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 6.495
• Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 79.909
• Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.362 vs 365.384
• Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 7957
• Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 7957

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

• 682.4x better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 2443
• Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 1674
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 2443
• Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 1674
• 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2009 vs 842

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	111.543 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1817.005 1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.511 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	99.875 79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	511.362 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	842 2009

Compare specifications (specs)