Radeon RX 470 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and Radeon RX 470 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
42.04
+131%

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile outperforms RX 470 Mobile by a whopping 131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking94303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.97
Power efficiencyno data14.67
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIEllesmere
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)4 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40962048
Core clock speed1443 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1074 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data85 Watt
Texture fill rateno data137.5
Floating-point processing powerno data4.399 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+
VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile 42.04
+131%
RX 470 Mobile 18.19

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile 32969
+208%
RX 470 Mobile 10715

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD138
+151%
55−60
−151%
4K75
+150%
30−35
−150%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data10.00
4Kno data18.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+143%
30−33
−143%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+107%
40−45
−107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+122%
30−35
−122%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+113%
60−65
−113%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+118%
35−40
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+143%
30−33
−143%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+100%
40−45
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+100%
50−55
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+66.1%
110−120
−66.1%
Hitman 3 85−90
+138%
35−40
−138%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+84.8%
90−95
−84.8%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+100%
65−70
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+86.3%
50−55
−86.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+145%
60−65
−145%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+47.2%
85−90
−47.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+107%
40−45
−107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+122%
30−35
−122%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+113%
60−65
−113%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+118%
35−40
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+143%
30−33
−143%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+100%
40−45
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+100%
50−55
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+66.1%
110−120
−66.1%
Hitman 3 85−90
+138%
35−40
−138%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+84.8%
90−95
−84.8%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+100%
65−70
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+86.3%
50−55
−86.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+145%
60−65
−145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170
+295%
40−45
−295%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+47.2%
85−90
−47.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+107%
40−45
−107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+122%
30−35
−122%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+118%
35−40
−118%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+143%
30−33
−143%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+100%
40−45
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+66.1%
110−120
−66.1%
Hitman 3 85−90
+138%
35−40
−138%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+84.8%
90−95
−84.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+145%
60−65
−145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+133%
40−45
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+47.2%
85−90
−47.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+86.3%
50−55
−86.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+122%
35−40
−122%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+117%
27−30
−117%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+137%
18−20
−137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+171%
16−18
−171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+133%
21−24
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+209%
10−12
−209%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+118%
21−24
−118%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+120%
100−110
−120%
Hitman 3 50−55
+145%
21−24
−145%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+137%
35−40
−137%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+120%
35−40
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+166%
35−40
−166%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+190%
21−24
−190%
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200
+75.2%
110−120
−75.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+129%
30−35
−129%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+121%
18−20
−121%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+150%
14−16
−150%
Hitman 3 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+92.8%
95−100
−92.8%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+165%
20−22
−165%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
+279%
18−20
−279%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+155%
10−12
−155%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+189%
9−10
−189%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+140%
10−11
−140%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+123%
24−27
−123%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+171%
21−24
−171%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+118%
16−18
−118%

This is how GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and RX 470 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 151% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 150% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 295% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1070 SLI Mobile surpassed RX 470 Mobile in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 42.04 18.19
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile has a 131.1% higher aggregate performance score.

RX 470 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 Mobile in performance tests.


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