Radeon RX 470 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 22 (8%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (4%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		800 h/s
Radeon RX 470		750 h/s
	Difference: 50 (7%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 4GB will be 9% quicker than the Radeon RX 470 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 18176 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB is a lot (approximately 36%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42752 (36%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6208 (21%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.