Radeon RX Vega 9 vs GeForce GTX 470 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated606
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data25.37
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data26 October 2017 (7 years ago)

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 cores352576
Core clock speed608 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate26.75no data
ROPs32no data
TMUs44no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed3.3 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth107.1 GB/sno data
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 Connectors3x DVIno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 9 has a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470 X2 and Radeon RX Vega 9. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470 X2 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 X2
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
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