Radeon HD 5830 vs Radeon R9 M470

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 5830 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 Radeon HD 5830 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

  Radeon HD 5830 Radeon R9 M470
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M470 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M470 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M470 - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.
  • Radeon HD 5830 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M470 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 2000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 12−14
ultra / 1080p 5−6 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 18−20 24−27
medium / 1080p 10−11 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M470 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon HD 5830.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 5830 Radeon R9 M470
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 2
Code name Cypress Saturn
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 February 2010 14 May 2016
Pipelines 1120 768
Core clock speed 800 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,154 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.80 48.00
Floating-point performance 1,792.0 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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