Radeon HD 7470 OEM
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480
Radeon HD 7470 OEM
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
153
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Value for money (0-100)
49.01
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Polaris
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Code name
Ellesmere
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Type
Desktop
5 January 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$15
Price now
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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GCN generation
4th Gen
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Value for money
23.23
Caicos
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
2304
750 MHz
Core clock speed
1120 MHz
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Boost Clock
1266 MHz
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Transistor count
5,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
6.000
Texture fill rate
182.3
240.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,834 gflops
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Compute units
36
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
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Boost clock speed
1266 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
27 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
168 mm
Length
241 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Bus support
n/a
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Bridgeless CrossFire
1

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
2.0
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DisplayPort support
1.4HDR

Technologies

The difference between Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
n/a
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CrossFire
1
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FRTC
1
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FreeSync
+
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HD3D
n/a
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
+
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
n/a
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ZeroCore
+
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VCE
+
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Enduro
n/a
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UVD
+
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
N/A
Vulkan
+
5.0
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
n/a

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Radeon HD 7470 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Radeon HD 7470 OEM or AMD Radeon RX 480 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Radeon HD 7470 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 480
Death Stranding (2020) Radeon HD 7470 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 480
F1 2020 (2020) Radeon HD 7470 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 480
Gears Tactics (2020) Radeon HD 7470 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
Doom Eternal (2020) Radeon HD 7470 OEM
AMD Radeon RX 480
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Cheaper ($15 vs $480 (2.1x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

40.31% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

So, Radeon HD 7470 OEM or AMD Radeon RX 480?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

Radeon HD 7470 OEM versus AMD Radeon RX 480 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Radeon HD 7470 OEM
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