AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
vs
AMD Radeon RX 470


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) and the AMD Radeon RX 470, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on AMD Radeon RX 470, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) GPU AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 470
Baffin XT GPU Chip Polaris 10 PRO
Baffin Architecture Ellesmere
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1024 Shader 2048
16 Render Output Units 32
64 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.650 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) clocks in the base with up to 1.090 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 0.926 GHz.

1.090 GHz Base Clock 0.926 GHz
1.200 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

75 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU).

The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_0 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 No
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

-- Length 240 mm
-- Height 95 mm
-- Width 35 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) was released in Q1/2017 at a price of 139 $ (Reference).

The AMD Radeon RX 470 was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 179 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2016
139 $ (Reference) Launch Price 179 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
2 GB GDDR5
776
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
1699

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
2 GB GDDR5
17856
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36194

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
2 GB GDDR5
19164
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
39194

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
2 GB GDDR5
17234
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36011

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU) AMD Radeon RX 460 (16CU)
2 GB GDDR5
2.46
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
4.94

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