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AMD logo Radeon RX 470
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon RX 470 logo AMD Radeon HD 6970 logo
General information Radeon RX 470 Radeon HD 6970
Launched Q3 2016 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 2048 MB 75 %
Core Clock 926 MHz 0 % 880 MHz 5 %
Effective Clock 8000 MHz 0 % 1425 MHz 82.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 52 % 250 W 0 %
Length 276 mm 7.1 % 297 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
SLI 4-way 0 % 4-way 0 %
Performance Radeon RX 470 Radeon HD 6970
Overall Score 45520 0 % 27068 40.5 %
Future Proof 48 % 0 % 21 % 56.3 %
Benchmark Score 20720 0 % 7327 64.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 734.6 0 % 432.9 41.1 %
Average DirectX performance 62.4 FPS 0 % 27.3 FPS 56.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 115 FPS 0 % 68.3 FPS 40.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 41 FPS 0 % 20.1 FPS 51.1 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.8 FPS 0 % 20.9 FPS 61.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 38.8 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3016.5 operations/s 0 % 1487.5 operations/s 50.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 470, Radeon HD 6970.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 470 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 52.8 FPS
High settings 182.6 FPS 95.0 FPS
Medium settings 219.1 FPS 114.0 FPS
Low settings 306.8 FPS 159.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 48 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon RX 470, Radeon HD 6970.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 470 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 75.8 FPS 44.2 FPS
High settings 136.4 FPS 79.5 FPS
Medium settings 163.7 FPS 95.4 FPS
Low settings 229.2 FPS 133.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.7 %
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