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AMD Radeon RX 470

Graphics Processor
Ellesmere
Cores
2048
TMUs
128
ROPs
32
Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The Radeon RX 470 is a mid-range graphics card by AMD, launched on August 4th, 2016. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Ellesmere graphics processor, in its Polaris 10 PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 470. The Ellesmere graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 232 mm² and 5,700 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon RX 480, which uses the same GPU but has all 2304 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon RX 470 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. AMD has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon RX 470, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 926 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1206 MHz, memory is running at 1650 MHz (6.6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 470 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 120 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 470 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 240 mm x 95 mm x 35 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 179 US Dollars.

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
Density
24.6M / mm²
Die Size
232 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-1401

Graphics Card

Release Date
Aug 4th, 2016
Generation
Arctic Islands
(RX 400)
Predecessor
Pirate Islands
Successor
Polaris
Production
Active
Launch Price
179 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
46 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
2%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
Radeon HD 4550
4%
Radeon HD 5450
5%
Radeon HD 6450
6%
GeForce GT 520
6%
GeForce GT 220
8%
GeForce GT 430
10%
Radeon HD 5570
10%
Radeon HD 4670
11%
GeForce GT 440
12%
GeForce GT 240
12%
GeForce 9600 GT
14%
Radeon HD 5670
14%
GeForce GT 640
15%
GeForce 9800 GT
16%
Radeon HD 6670
17%
Radeon HD 4830
17%
Radeon HD 4770
18%
Radeon HD 4850
19%
GeForce GTS 250
20%
GeForce GTS 450
20%
Radeon HD 5750
21%
Radeon HD 7750
24%
Radeon HD 5770
24%
GeForce GTX 260
25%
Radeon HD 4870
25%
Radeon Vega 8
25%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
25%
GeForce GTX 650
25%
Radeon HD 5830
27%
Radeon HD 6790
28%
Radeon HD 4890
29%
GeForce GTX 460
30%
Radeon RX Vega 11
30%
GeForce GT 1030
30%
GeForce GTX 275
31%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
31%
GeForce GTX 280
31%
GeForce GTX 465
31%
Radeon HD 6850
33%
GeForce GTX 285
34%
Radeon HD 5850
36%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
37%
Radeon HD 7790
37%
Radeon RX 550
38%
GeForce GTX 470
38%
Radeon HD 6870
40%
Radeon HD 5870
42%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
44%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
44%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
45%
Radeon HD 6950
45%
GeForce GTX 295
46%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
47%
Radeon HD 7850
47%
GeForce GTX 480
48%
Radeon HD 6970
50%
Radeon R7 265
51%
Radeon RX 460
52%
Radeon R7 370
52%
GeForce GTX 660
52%
GeForce GTX 570
53%
Radeon RX 560
53%
GeForce GTX 950
57%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
57%
Radeon R9 270X
59%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
59%
GeForce GTX 580
60%
GeForce GTX 1050
60%
Radeon HD 7950
60%
GeForce GTX 1630
61%
Radeon HD 5970
61%
GeForce GTX 760
63%
GeForce GTX 670
68%
GeForce GTX 960
70%
Radeon R9 380
72%
Radeon R9 285
72%
Radeon HD 7970
73%
GeForce GTX 680
73%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
75%
GeForce GTX 770
77%
Radeon HD 6990
79%
Radeon R9 280X
81%
GeForce GTX 590
82%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
82%
GeForce GTX 780
91%
Arc A380
91%
Radeon RX 6400
92%
GeForce GTX 1650
94%
Radeon RX 470
100%
Radeon R9 290
101%
Radeon RX 570
107%
Radeon R9 390
108%
Radeon R9 290X
109%
GeForce GTX 970
110%
GeForce GTX TITAN
112%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
113%
Radeon R9 390X
115%
Radeon HD 7990
115%
Radeon RX 480
116%
GeForce GTX 690
117%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
120%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
122%
Radeon RX 580
123%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
124%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
125%
GeForce GTX 980
126%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
127%
Radeon R9 FURY
127%
Radeon RX 590
133%
Radeon R9 295X2
140%
GeForce GTX 1660
141%
Radeon R9 FURY X
142%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
145%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
149%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
153%
GeForce GTX 1070
162%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
162%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
164%
Radeon RX Vega 56
172%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
182%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
185%
Radeon RX Vega 64
188%
GeForce GTX 1080
190%
GeForce RTX 2060
190%
Radeon RX 5700
198%
Arc A580
198%
Radeon RX 6600
207%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
214%
GeForce RTX 2070
216%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
217%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
221%
Arc A750
228%
Radeon VII
229%
TITAN X Pascal
235%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
238%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
242%
Arc A770
245%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
245%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
258%
Radeon RX 7600
261%
GeForce RTX 4060
262%
GeForce RTX 2080
264%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
269%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
276%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
283%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
293%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
311%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
314%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
317%
GeForce RTX 3070
331%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
355%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
358%
Radeon RX 6800
365%
GeForce RTX 4070
405%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
415%
GeForce RTX 3080
431%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
435%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
447%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
470%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
479%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
483%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
483%
GeForce RTX 3090
492%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
504%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
551%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
565%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
570%
GeForce RTX 4080
640%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
650%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
656%
GeForce RTX 4090
804%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
926 MHz
Boost Clock
1206 MHz
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
Texture Rate
154.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
4.940 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)
4.940 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
308.7 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
240 mm
9.4 inches
Width
95 mm
3.7 inches
Height
35 mm
1.4 inches
TDP
120 W
Suggested PSU
300 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
C940,
109-D00947-00_02

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Ellesmere GPU Notes

Generation: Arctic Islands
Codename: Polaris 10/20/30
Old Codename: Cozumel / Hawaii Refresh
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803)
Display Core Engine: 11.2
Unified Video Decoder: 6.3
Video Compression Engine: 3.4
System DMA: 3.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.2.0

Retail boards based on this design (51)

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1250 MHz 1650 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1250 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1242 MHz 1650 MHz 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1242 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 282 mm/11.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1230 MHz 1650 MHz 232 mm/9.1 inches
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 232 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1226 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1256 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1230 MHz 1650 MHz 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1230 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 246 mm/9.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1218 MHz 1650 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1218 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1242 MHz 1650 MHz 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1242 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 276 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1226 MHz 1750 MHz 245 mm/9.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1270 MHz 1750 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1210 MHz 1650 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1210 MHz 1650 MHz 255 mm/10 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 1x DVI
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 244 mm/9.6 inches, Single-slot, 4x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 244 mm/9.6 inches, Single-slot, 4x HDMI
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI
926 MHz 1236 MHz 1650 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, No outputs
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, No outputs
926 MHz 1236 MHz 1650 MHz 8 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI
1140 MHz 1236 MHz 1750 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1140 MHz 1216 MHz 1750 MHz 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1140 MHz 1236 MHz 1750 MHz 8 GB, 230 mm/9.1 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1143 MHz 1216 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1143 MHz 1260 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1121 MHz 1216 MHz 2000 MHz 8 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1143 MHz 1260 MHz 2000 MHz 8 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1121 MHz 1216 MHz 2000 MHz 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1121 MHz 1216 MHz 2000 MHz 8 GB, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1216 MHz 1750 MHz
926 MHz 1226 MHz 1750 MHz
926 MHz 1256 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1280 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1226 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1226 MHz 1750 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1226 MHz 1750 MHz 220 mm/8.7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1206 MHz 1650 MHz 250 mm/9.8 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
926 MHz 1250 MHz 1650 MHz 250 mm/9.8 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
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