GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

VS

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce GTX 470, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04

GTX 470 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking586517
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.35
Power efficiency27.612.57
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameVega RenoirGF100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)26 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores384448
Core clock speed400 MHz607 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt215 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rateno data34.05
Floating-point processing powerno data1.089 TFLOPS
ROPsno data40
TMUsno data56

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).

Bus supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin
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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1280 MB
Memory bus widthno data320 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidthno data133.9 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 dataTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.2
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
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.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.04
GTX 470 8.07
+33.6%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 4210
GTX 470 4342
+3.1%

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.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793
+1.3%
GTX 470 2758

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.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21857
GTX 470 25757
+17.8%

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:

900p40−45
−37.5%
55
+37.5%
Full HD20
−220%
64
+220%
1200p35−40
−51.4%
53
+51.4%
1440p28
−25%
35−40
+25%
4K20
−20%
24−27
+20%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data5.45
1440pno data9.97
4Kno data14.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−25%
20−22
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−27.8%
21−24
+27.8%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−31.7%
50−55
+31.7%
Hitman 3 11
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
+111%
45−50
−111%
Metro Exodus 23
−4.3%
24−27
+4.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
+0%
21−24
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
+8.8%
55−60
−8.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−25%
20−22
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−117%
12−14
+117%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−27.8%
21−24
+27.8%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−31.7%
50−55
+31.7%
Hitman 3 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
+58.7%
45−50
−58.7%
Metro Exodus 17
−41.2%
24−27
+41.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−15%
21−24
+15%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
−14%
55−60
+14%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−25%
20−22
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−31.7%
50−55
+31.7%
Hitman 3 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−171%
45−50
+171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
−50%
27−30
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−109%
21−24
+109%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−11.8%
55−60
+11.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−33.3%
16−18
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−63.2%
30−35
+63.2%
Hitman 3 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−21.4%
16−18
+21.4%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−27.5%
50−55
+27.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Hitman 3 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
−164%
27−30
+164%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GTX 470 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 470 is 38% faster in 900p
  • GTX 470 is 220% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 470 is 51% faster in 1200p
  • GTX 470 is 25% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 470 is 20% faster in 4K

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 111% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 470 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • GTX 470 is ahead in 66 tests (93%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 8.07
Recency 7 January 2020 26 March 2010
Chip lithography 7 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 215 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 9 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1333.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 470, on the other hand, has a 33.6% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTX 470 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 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.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 470

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4 695 votes

Rate Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.8 317 votes

Rate GeForce GTX 470 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.