AMD started Radeon R9 M470 sales 15 May 2016. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 2.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M470: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	606
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	Emerald
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Radeon R9 M470's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M470's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000)
Core clock speed	900 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	2,080 million	of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Texture fill rate	48.00	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	1.536 TFLOPS	of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs	16	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	48	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 M470 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M470: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M470. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M470, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.3
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M470. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R9 M470 5.61

Other tests
- Passmark
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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.

R9 M470 2330

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.

R9 M470 3655

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 M470 24365

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R9 M470 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

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Counter-Strike 2	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Hogwarts Legacy	10−12

Battlefield 5	24−27
Counter-Strike 2	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	16−18
Fortnite	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Forza Horizon 5	14−16
Hogwarts Legacy	10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24
Valorant	65−70

Battlefield 5	24−27
Counter-Strike 2	24−27
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	95−100
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Dota 2	45−50
Far Cry 5	16−18
Fortnite	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Forza Horizon 5	14−16
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22
Hogwarts Legacy	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Valorant	65−70

Battlefield 5	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Dota 2	45−50
Far Cry 5	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Hogwarts Legacy	10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Valorant	65−70

Fortnite

30−35

Counter-Strike 2	9−10
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	40−45
Grand Theft Auto V	7−8
Metro Exodus	5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40
Valorant	60−65

Battlefield 5	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	12−14
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9

Fortnite

10−12

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18
Hogwarts Legacy	1−2
Metro Exodus	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4
Valorant	27−30

Battlefield 5	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Dota 2	20−22
Far Cry 5	7−8
Forza Horizon 4	8−9
Hogwarts Legacy	1−2
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7

Fortnite

6−7

Closest competitors

Radeon R9 M470's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce GTX 485M 101.25

Radeon RX 550X Mobile 100.53

Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 100.53

Radeon R9 M470 100

Radeon HD 6970M 97.5

GeForce MX150 97.15

Radeon RX Vega 9 92.34

NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M470 is GeForce GTX 485M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.

GeForce GTX485M

Compare
R9 M470 with GTX 485M

Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 M470:

GeForce MX330 103.39

GeForce MX250 102.67

GeForce GTX 485M 101.25

Radeon R9 M470 100

GeForce MX150 97.15

GeForce 945M 90.55

GeForce GTX 580M 89.13