Radeon RX 470 vs Pro W5500

Place in the ranking	237	261
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	43.24	17.89
Power efficiency	12.98	12.00
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Navi 14	Ellesmere
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	10 February 2020 (4 years ago)	4 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro W5500 has 142% better value for money than RX 470.

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 cores	1408	2048
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	1206 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	123.2	154.4
Floating-point processing power	3.942 TFLOPS	4.94 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	88	128

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	211.2 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

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.

Pro W5500 23.67
+12.7%

RX 470 21.01

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro W5500 9122
+12.7%

RX 470 8096

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 HD	80−85 +11.1%	72 −11.1%
1440p	40−45 +5.3%	38 −5.3%
4K	35−40 +0%	35 +0%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.99	2.49
1440p	9.98	4.71
4K	11.40	5.11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Hitman 3	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	102 +0%	102 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Hitman 3	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	88 +0%	88 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Hitman 3	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	74 +0%	74 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	67 +0%	67 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40 +0%	40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Hitman 3	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	53 +0%	53 +0%
Metro Exodus	46 +0%	46 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	51 +0%	51 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	25 +0%	25 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

This is how Pro W5500 and RX 470 compete in popular games:

Pro W5500 is 11% faster in 1080p
Pro W5500 is 5% faster in 1440p
A tie in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	23.67	21.01
Recency	10 February 2020	4 August 2016
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	120 Watt

Pro W5500 has a 12.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

RX 470, on the other hand, has 4.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro W5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 470 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W5500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 470 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.