GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs Radeon R9 M470X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon R9 M470X. 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 GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon R9 M470X. 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.

GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon R9 M470X are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon R9 M470X are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 1070 mobile or Radeon R9 M470X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon R9 M470X
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M470X.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M470X - with GCN 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is 406 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M470X.
  • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M470X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M470X is 5992 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 16−18
ultra / 1080p 35−40 10−11
QHD / 1440p 27−30 4−5
4K / 2160p 16−18
low / 720p 80−85 35−40
medium / 1080p 60−65 21−24
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 188% more, than Radeon R9 M470X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon R9 M470X
Architecture Pascal GCN 2
Code name N17E-G2 Emerald
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 September 2016 14 May 2016
Pipelines 2048 896
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1645 MHz 1100 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 210.6 61.60
Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 1,971 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1920
Bus support PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Laptop size large large
GPU Boost 3.0
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