MSI RX 470 GAMING X

Graphics Processor

Ellesmere

Cores

2048

TMUs

128

ROPs

Memory Size

4 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Bus Width

256 bit

Graphics Processor

GPU Name: Ellesmere

GPU Variant: Polaris 10 PRO
(215-0876204)

Architecture: GCN 4.0

Foundry: GlobalFoundries

Process Size: 14 nm

Transistors: 5,700 million

Die Size: 232 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date: Aug 4th, 2016

Generation: Arctic Islands
(RX 400)

Predecessor: Pirate Islands

Successor: Polaris

Production: Active

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Clock Speeds

Base Clock: 926 MHz

Boost Clock: ~~1206 MHz~~
1242 MHz (+3%)

Memory Clock: 1650 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size: 4 GB

Memory Type: GDDR5

Memory Bus: 256 bit

Bandwidth: 211.2 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units: 2048

TMUs: 128

ROPs: 32

Compute Units: 32

L1 Cache: 16 KB (per CU)

L2 Cache: 2 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate: ~~38.59 GPixel/s~~
39.74 GPixel/s

Texture Rate: ~~154.4 GTexel/s~~
159.0 GTexel/s

FP16 (half) performance: ~~4.940 TFLOPS~~
5.087 TFLOPS (1:1)

FP32 (float) performance: ~~4.940 TFLOPS~~
5.087 TFLOPS

FP64 (double) performance: ~~308.7 GFLOPS~~
318.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width: Dual-slot

Length: ~~240 mm~~
276 mm
~~9.4 inches~~
10.9 inches

TDP: 120 W

Suggested PSU: 300 W

Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.0b
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI
2x HDMI 2.0b
2x DisplayPort 1.4a

Power Connectors: ~~1x 6-pin~~
1x 8-pin

Board Number: C940,
D000-03,
D009-07

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12 (12_0)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 2.1

Vulkan: 1.2

Shader Model: 6.4

Ellesmere GPU Notes

Architecture Codename: Arctic Islands
Codename: Polaris 10
Old Codename: Cozumel / Hawaii Refresh
CLRX Version: GCN 1.2
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803)
Display Core Engine: 11.2
Unified Video Decoder: 6.3
Video Compression Engine: 3.4

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Name	GPU Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock	Other Changes
ASUS RX 470 DirectCU II	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
ASUS RX 470 Mining	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI
ASUS ROG STRIX RX 470 GAMING	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG STRIX RX 470 GAMING 8 GB	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG STRIX RX 470 GAMING OC	926 MHz	1250 MHz	1650 MHz	2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG STRIX RX 470 GAMING OC 8 GB	926 MHz	1250 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
Dataland RX 470 X-Serial	926 MHz	1242 MHz	1650 MHz	282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
Dataland RX 470 X-Serial 8 GB	926 MHz	1242 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
GIGABYTE RX 470 G1 Gaming	926 MHz	1230 MHz	1650 MHz	232 mm/9.1 inches
GIGABYTE RX 470 WindForce 2X Mining	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
HIS RX 470 IceQ X2 OC	926 MHz	1226 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
HIS RX 470 IceQ X2 Turbo	926 MHz	1256 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 ARMOR	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 ARMOR 8 GB	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 ARMOR OC	926 MHz	1230 MHz	1650 MHz	246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 ARMOR OC 8 GB	926 MHz	1230 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 GAMING	926 MHz	1218 MHz	1650 MHz	276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 GAMING 8 GB	926 MHz	1218 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 GAMING X	926 MHz	1242 MHz	1650 MHz	276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
MSI RX 470 GAMING X 8 GB	926 MHz	1242 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
PCYES RX 470	926 MHz	1226 MHz	1750 MHz	245 mm/9.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
PowerColor Red Devil RX 470	926 MHz	1270 MHz	1750 MHz	255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
PowerColor Red Dragon RX 470	926 MHz	1210 MHz	1650 MHz	255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
PowerColor Red Dragon RX 470 V2	926 MHz	1210 MHz	1650 MHz	255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
PowerColor RX 470 Mining	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz
PowerColor RX 470 Mining	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	1x DVI
Sapphire GPRO 8200 QUAD DP	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 244 mm/9.6 inches, Single-slot, 4x DisplayPort
Sapphire GPRO 8200 QUAD HDMI	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 244 mm/9.6 inches, Single-slot, 4x HDMI
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 Mining	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 Mining	926 MHz	1236 MHz	1650 MHz	230 mm/9.1 inches, No outputs
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 Mining 8 GB	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, No outputs
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 Mining 8 GB	926 MHz	1236 MHz	1650 MHz	8 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 OC	1140 MHz	1236 MHz	1750 MHz	230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 OC	1140 MHz	1216 MHz	1750 MHz	230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire NITRO RX 470 OC 8 GB	1140 MHz	1236 MHz	1750 MHz	8 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 470 OC	1143 MHz	1216 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 470 OC	1143 MHz	1260 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 470 OC 8 GB	1121 MHz	1216 MHz	2000 MHz	8 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 470 OC 8 GB	1143 MHz	1260 MHz	2000 MHz	8 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
Sapphire RX 470 Platinum Edition	926 MHz	1216 MHz	1750 MHz
VisionTek RX 470 Overclocked	926 MHz	1226 MHz	1750 MHz
XFX RS RX 470 Black Edition	926 MHz	1256 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
XFX RS RX 470 Black Limited Edition	926 MHz	1280 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
XFX RS RX 470 Triple X Best Buy Exclusive	926 MHz	1226 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
XFX RS RX 470 Triple X Edition	926 MHz	1226 MHz	1750 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
XFX RX 470 Triple X Edition	926 MHz	1226 MHz	1750 MHz	220 mm/8.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
Yeston RX 470 GAEA	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
Yeston RX 470 GAMEACE	926 MHz	1206 MHz	1650 MHz	250 mm/9.8 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
Yeston RX 470 GAMEACE TOP	926 MHz	1250 MHz	1650 MHz	250 mm/9.8 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort