GPU Comparison
RADEON
AMD Radeon RX 470
CORE STATE
Ellesmere
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1206 MHz
TDP
120 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2016
VS
RADEON
Radeon RX 560X
CORE STATE
Polaris 21
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1275 MHz
TDP
75 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
14 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2018
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 470
RX 560X
Core Specs
Shading Units
2,048
1,024
-50.0%
Shaders
2,048
1,024
-50.0%
TMUs
128
64
-50.0%
ROPs
32
16
-50.0%
Compute Units
32
16
-50.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
926 MHz
1175 MHz
Boost Clock
1206 MHz
1275 MHz
Memory Clock
1650 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
1750 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
VRAM (MB)
4,096
4,096
0.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
211.2 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
2 MB
1024 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
38.59 GPixel/s
20.40 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
154.4 GTexel/s
81.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
4.940 TFLOPS
2.611 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
308.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
163.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
4.940 TFLOPS (1:1)
2.611 TFLOPS (1:1)
Power
TDP
120 W
75 W
TDP (W)
120
75
-37.5%
Suggested PSU
300 W
250 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GCN 4.0
GPU Name
Ellesmere
Polaris 21
Generation
Arctic Islands
(RX 400)
Polaris
(RX 500X)
Process Size
14 nm
14 nm
Transistors
5,700 million
3,000 million
Die Size
232 mm²
123 mm²
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Density
24.6M / mm²
24.4M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
240 mm
9.4 inches
170 mm
6.7 inches
Height
95 mm
3.7 inches
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Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.0b1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Other
Launch Price
179 USD
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Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Pirate Islands
Polaris
Successor
Polaris
Vega