Radeon RX 470 and GeForce GTX 280 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon RX 470 vs GeForce GTX 280
Radeon RX 470
8339
GeForce GTX 280
1338
Radeon RX 470
GeForce GTX 280
Architecture
Polaris (2016−2019)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Pro
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1206 MHz
-
Core clock speed
926 MHz
602 MHz
CUDA cores
-
240
Floating-point performance
4,940 gflops
622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
5,700 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
240
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
154.4
48.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
6600 MHz
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
211.2 GB/s
141.7 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
FreeSync
+
-