Radeon E8950 vs Radeon R9 M470X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon E8950 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M470X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon E8950
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon E8950 | | Radeon R9 M470X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Amethyst (E8950) | vs | Strato (Strato XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 366 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,000 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 735 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon E8950 | | Radeon R9 M470X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon E8950 | | Radeon R9 M470X | |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Sep 2015 | vs | 15 May 2016 |
Radeon E8950
23.52 GP/s
Radeon R9 M470X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon E8950
94.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 M470X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon E8950
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 M470X
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon E8950
3010.60 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 M470X
1971.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better