GPU comparison with benchmarks

AMD Radeon RX 470 vs AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.21 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.27 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 470 and the AMD Radeon RX 480, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 18 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 470.

AMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Speed index
4/100
5/100
FP32
4.94 TFLOPS
5.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.21 GHz
1.27 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
211 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
120 W
150 W
Launch Price
179 $
199 $
118 pts
120 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Based onAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipPolaris 10 PROPolaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors3236
Shader20482304
Render Output Units3232
Texture Units128144
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 470 and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on AMD Radeon RX 480, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.650 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed6.6 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth211 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Base Clock0.926 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock1.206 GHz1.266 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 clocks in the base with up to 0.926 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 1.120 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
TDP120 W150 W
Tjunction max93 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 470.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_012_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8NoNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
Length240 mm240 mm
Height95 mm95 mm
Width35 mm35 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 470AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2016Q2/2016
Launch Price179 $199 $
Structure size14 nm14 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 179 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 199 $.

Benchmark results

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 480 +18.0 %

  1. 36,194
  2. 42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 480 +16.4 %

  1. 39,194
  2. 45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal AMD Radeon RX 480 +16.3 %

  1. 36,011
  2. 41,864

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