AMD Radeon RX 470
vs
AMD Radeon RX 480


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
AMD Radeon RX 470 GPU AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 470 Based on AMD Radeon RX 480
Polaris 10 PRO GPU Chip Polaris 10 XT
Ellesmere Architecture Ellesmere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2048 Shader 2304
32 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.650 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
211 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

0.926 GHz Base Clock 1.120 GHz
1.206 GHz Boost Clock 1.266 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

120 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 65 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 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 470.

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

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

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 480 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 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.

240 mm Length 240 mm
95 mm Height 95 mm
35 mm Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

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

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2016
179 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (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 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
1699
AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
1847

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 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36194
AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
42694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
39194
AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
45619

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36011
AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
41864

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 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
4.94
AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
5.83

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