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 590
CORE STATE
Polaris 30
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1545 MHz
TDP
175 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 4.0
PROCESS
12 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2018
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 470
RX 590
Core Specs
Shading Units
2,048
2,304
+12.5%
Shaders
2,048
2,304
+12.5%
TMUs
128
144
+12.5%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Compute Units
32
36
+12.5%
Clocks
Base Clock
926 MHz
1469 MHz
Boost Clock
1206 MHz
1545 MHz
Memory Clock
1650 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective
2000 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
VRAM (MB)
4,096
8,192
+100.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
211.2 GB/s
256.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
2 MB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
38.59 GPixel/s
49.44 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
154.4 GTexel/s
222.5 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
4.940 TFLOPS
7.119 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
308.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
445.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
4.940 TFLOPS (1:1)
7.119 TFLOPS (1:1)
Power
TDP
120 W
175 W
TDP (W)
120
175
+45.8%
Suggested PSU
300 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GCN 4.0
GPU Name
Ellesmere
Polaris 30
Generation
Arctic Islands
(RX 400)
Polaris
(RX 500)
Process Size
14 nm
12 nm
Transistors
5,700 million
5,700 million
Die Size
232 mm²
232 mm²
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Density
24.6M / mm²
24.6M / 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
241 mm
9.5 inches
Height
95 mm
3.7 inches
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Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
179 USD
279 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Pirate Islands
Arctic Islands
Successor
Polaris
Vega