AMD Radeon RX 470 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores211.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 470
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory5888
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 470
4GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016
Radeon RX 470
$179 • Aug 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 3070
$499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
8GB GDDR6 220W $520.00 Aug 2020
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 470 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 120 W | 220 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1206 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 128 | 184 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1650 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 165.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.94 GFLOPS | 20.31 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 17400 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3498
AMD Radeon RX 470
14126 (+304%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
31382
AMD Radeon RX 470
126195 (+302%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 470
170.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
7968
AMD Radeon RX 470
22256 (+179%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (48 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 (+355%)
AVG 223 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 (+369%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 3070 (+375%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord
8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy TaleWorlds Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+134%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+160%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 104 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+222%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Valheim
8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access Iron Gate AB
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+306%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+345%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+321%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
King Arthur Knight's Tale
8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy NeocoreGames
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+218%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 177 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+248%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+282%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
A Total War Saga TROY
8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+213%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+255%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+310%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+228%)
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+289%)
AVG 140 FPS
MIN 119 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+333%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!
Based on 48 benchmarks across 16 games
31
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 470
VS
+225.1%
101
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
31
Avg FPS
26
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
48
Wins
101
Avg FPS
88
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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