The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano has the Fiji XT CA graphics chip installed, which is based on the Fiji architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 PRO, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
HBM
GDDR5
Memory Clock
0.500 GHz
1.650 GHz
Memory Speed
1.0 Gbps
6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
211 GB/s
Memory Interface
4,096 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano clocks at 0.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 6.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.650 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
Base Clock
1.000 GHz
0.926 GHz
Boost Clock
1.000 GHz
1.206 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
TDP
175 W
120 W
Tjunction max
85 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 175 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
Fan-Type
Axial (Radiator)
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is equipped with a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
--
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_0
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
No
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon RX 470
Length
154 mm
240 mm
Height
105 mm
95 mm
Width
35 mm
35 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Nano is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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