AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 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 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 128
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 226 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
  • 4.1x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Launch date 4 August 2016 vs 18 April 2008
Core clock speed 926 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines 2048 vs 2x 128
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 226 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

  • Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 137.5 GTexel / s
  • 156.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4196 vs 1674
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4196 vs 1674
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 137.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2x 384.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4196 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4196 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1674
4196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1674
4196
Name AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL 33787
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 4196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1674 4196
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 842
PassMark - G3D Mark 676
PassMark - G2D Mark 509

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Tesla
Code name Ellesmere G92
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 4 August 2016 18 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $549.99 $2,999
Place in performance rating 488 490
Price now $109.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 91.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 926 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 4.9 TFLOPs 2x 384.0 gflops
GPU Power 85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 2048 2x 128
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 137.5 GTexel / s 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 226 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s 2x 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
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