AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 290 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) 8 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 275 Watt
• Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 5000 MHz
• Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 89.325
• Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1366.314
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 98.765
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 6300
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 6300

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

• Around 2% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 926 MHz
• Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
• Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
• 989.6x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 34588
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.034 vs 9.511
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 540.645 vs 511.362
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1674
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34588 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	111.543 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1817.005 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.511 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	99.875 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	511.362 540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 3684

Compare specifications (specs)