AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 M470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon R9 M470 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 5500 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 3383.3x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 83% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9167 vs 2331
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 785 vs 307
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3722 vs 1804
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3367 vs 1674
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3722 vs 1804
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3367 vs 1674
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1845 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9167 vs 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 vs 1674

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 44830
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 47924 vs 44830

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M470

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9167
2331
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
307
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44830
47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3367
1674
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon R9 M470
PassMark - G3D Mark 9167 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 307
Geekbench - OpenCL 44830 47924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon R9 M470

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Navi 14 Strato
Launch date 12 Dec 2019 15 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 287 768
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1845 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 768
Pixel fill rate 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 2,080 million
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
DirectCompute 5.0