Quadro P400 vs Radeon R9 M470

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P400 and Radeon R9 M470. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro P400 and Radeon R9 M470. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon R9 M470 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M470 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M470 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P400 Radeon R9 M470
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 M470 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro P400 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M470 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P400 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P400 is 228 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M470.
  • Quadro P400 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M470 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 1992 MHz higher, than Quadro P400.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 12−14
ultra / 1080p 4−5 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 18−20 24−27
medium / 1080p 9−10 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M470 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Quadro P400.

Full Specs

  Quadro P400 Radeon R9 M470
Architecture Pascal GCN 2
Code name GP107 Saturn
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 7 February 2017 14 May 2016
Pipelines 256 768
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1252 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.03 48.00
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.06 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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