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Graphics card overview

Radeon RX 470

AMD

Radeon RX 470

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 29 Jun 2016 DESKTOP
Radeon RX 470

Core configuration

GPUEllesmere
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_3
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance4940.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth211.20 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 470 is a graphics card released by AMD on 29 Jun 2016. The graphics card houses the Ellesmere die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_3 architecture which packs 5,700 million transistors on a 14 nm, 232 mm² die.

Radeon RX 470 pros and cons

  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon RX 470 Radeon RX 470 Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6500 XT Compare GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare GeForce GTX 1060 GeForce GTX 1060 Compare
Shader units 2048 1024 896 2048 1280
ROPs 32 32 32 32 48
Graphics processor Ellesmere Navi 24 TU107 Ellesmere GP106
Process size 14 nm 6 nm 12 nm 14 nm 16 nm
Memory 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 64 bit 128 bit 256 bit 192 bit
Memory bandwidth 211.20 Gb/s 144.00 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s 192.20 Gb/s
Release date 29 Jun 2016 19 Jan 2022 30 Apr 2019 1 Apr 2017 10 Jul 2016

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 570 29
  • Radeon RX 470 26

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 570 15
  • Radeon RX 470 14

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64
  • Radeon RX 570 52
  • GeForce GTX 1060 52
  • Radeon RX 470 48
  • GeForce GTX 1650 42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40
  • Radeon RX 570 34
  • GeForce GTX 1060 34
  • Radeon RX 470 31
  • GeForce GTX 1650 27

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 570 17
  • GeForce GTX 1060 17
  • Radeon RX 470 15

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 570 47
  • Radeon RX 470 44
  • GeForce GTX 1060 42

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 570 32
  • GeForce GTX 1060 31
  • Radeon RX 470 30
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 13

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce GTX 1060 19
  • Radeon RX 570 15
  • Radeon RX 470 13

FPS (higher is better)