Radeon RX Vega 64 vs Radeon RX 470

Radeon RX Vega 64 Memory: 8192Mb HBM2DESKTOP Release date: 8 Aug 2017

Radeon RX 470 Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 29 Jun 2016

Summary

Gaming performance index

Radeon RX Vega 64
192%
Radeon RX 470
100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64

92% higher gaming performance.

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX 470

175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 64 .

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX Vega 64

The Radeon RX Vega 64 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (106 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core Configuration

	Radeon RX Vega 64		Radeon RX 470
GPU Name	Vega 10 (Vega 10 XT)	vs	Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO)
Fab Process	14 nm	vs	14 nm
Die Size	484 mmÂ²	vs	232 mmÂ²
Transistors	12,500 million	vs	5,700 million
Shaders	4096	vs	2048
Compute Units	64	vs	32
Core clock	1250 MHz	vs	926 MHz
ROPs	64	vs	32
TMUs	256	vs	128

Memory Configuration

	Radeon RX Vega 64		Radeon RX 470
Memory Type	HBM2	vs	GDDR5
Bus Width	2048 bit	vs	256 bit
Memory Speed	945 MHz 1890 MHz effective	vs	1650 MHz 6600 MHz effective
Memory Size	8192 Mb	vs	4096 Mb

Additional details

	Radeon RX Vega 64		Radeon RX 470
TDP	295 watts	vs	120 watts
Release Date	8 Aug 2017	vs	29 Jun 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

Radeon RX Vega 64
96.00 GP/s
Radeon RX 470
38.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

Radeon RX Vega 64
384.00 GT/s
Radeon RX 470
154.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

Radeon RX Vega 64
483.80 GB/s
Radeon RX 470
211.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

Radeon RX Vega 64
12288.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 470
4940.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
92
Radeon RX 470
46

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
48
Radeon RX 470
24

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
113
Radeon RX 470
64

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
89
Radeon RX 470
43

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
49
Radeon RX 470
24

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
84
Radeon RX 470
40

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
81
Radeon RX 470
49

FPS (higher is better)

Cyberpunk 2077

Windows 10 x64, Ultra quality, DirectX12

Radeon RX Vega 64
32
Radeon RX 470
17

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
86
Radeon RX 470
44

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
74
Radeon RX 470
40

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
63
Radeon RX 470
32

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
157
Radeon RX 470
83

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2017

Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,DirectX11,Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
96
Radeon RX 470
51

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
87
Radeon RX 470
44

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

Radeon RX Vega 64
61
Radeon RX 470
30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

Radeon RX Vega 64
84
Radeon RX 470
39

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
91
Radeon RX 470
47

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
62
Radeon RX 470
41

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
65
Radeon RX 470
38

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

Radeon RX Vega 64
91
Radeon RX 470
51

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
107
Radeon RX 470
55

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
94
Radeon RX 470
46

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
60
Radeon RX 470
29

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
28
Radeon RX 470
16

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
72
Radeon RX 470
34

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
48
Radeon RX 470
24

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
92
Radeon RX 470
43

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
92
Radeon RX 470
52

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
90
Radeon RX 470
44

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

Radeon RX Vega 64
61
Radeon RX 470
31

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
93
Radeon RX 470
48

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
102
Radeon RX 470
55

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
100
Radeon RX 470
52

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

Radeon RX Vega 64
79
Radeon RX 470
36

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs: Legion

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
43
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
92
Radeon RX 470
47

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
60
Radeon RX 470
37

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
149
Radeon RX 470
89

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
115
Radeon RX 470
62

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
66
Radeon RX 470
36

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
108
Radeon RX 470
52

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
101
Radeon RX 470
72

FPS (higher is better)

Cyberpunk 2077

Windows 10 x64, Ultra quality, DirectX12

Radeon RX Vega 64
48
Radeon RX 470
24

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
121
Radeon RX 470
64

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
100
Radeon RX 470
64

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
86
Radeon RX 470
46

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
200
Radeon RX 470
131

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2017

Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,DirectX11,Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
127
Radeon RX 470
66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
106
Radeon RX 470
64

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

Radeon RX Vega 64
82
Radeon RX 470
44

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

Radeon RX Vega 64
103
Radeon RX 470
58

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
139
Radeon RX 470
75

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
88
Radeon RX 470
59

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
80
Radeon RX 470
49

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

Radeon RX Vega 64
126
Radeon RX 470
76

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
141
Radeon RX 470
74

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
142
Radeon RX 470
73

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
78
Radeon RX 470
51

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
36
Radeon RX 470
22

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
100
Radeon RX 470
49

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
60
Radeon RX 470
31

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
134
Radeon RX 470
68

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
141
Radeon RX 470
86

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
130
Radeon RX 470
63

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

Radeon RX Vega 64
90
Radeon RX 470
48

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
126
Radeon RX 470
68

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
132
Radeon RX 470
83

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
137
Radeon RX 470
72

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

Radeon RX Vega 64
103
Radeon RX 470
49

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs: Legion

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
58
Radeon RX 470
29

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
130
Radeon RX 470
72

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

Radeon RX Vega 64
29
Radeon RX 470
14

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
62
Radeon RX 470
33

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
52
Radeon RX 470
24

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
28
Radeon RX 470
13

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
50
Radeon RX 470
23

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
51
Radeon RX 470
27

FPS (higher is better)

Cyberpunk 2077

Windows 10 x64, Ultra quality, DirectX12

Radeon RX Vega 64
16
Radeon RX 470
15

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
47
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
38
Radeon RX 470
19

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
37
Radeon RX 470
25

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
79
Radeon RX 470
39

FPS (higher is better)

F1 2017

Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
62
Radeon RX 470
29

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
46
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

Radeon RX Vega 64
35
Radeon RX 470
13

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

Radeon RX Vega 64
45
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
43
Radeon RX 470
22

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
34
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
39
Radeon RX 470
22

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

Radeon RX Vega 64
49
Radeon RX 470
25

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
62
Radeon RX 470
30

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

Radeon RX Vega 64
51
Radeon RX 470
26

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
30
Radeon RX 470
13

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
16
Radeon RX 470
8

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
43
Radeon RX 470
19

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
31
Radeon RX 470
15

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 3

Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
46
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
46
Radeon RX 470
23

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
46
Radeon RX 470
21

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

Radeon RX Vega 64
31
Radeon RX 470
15

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
55
Radeon RX 470
30

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
55
Radeon RX 470
26

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
68
Radeon RX 470
31

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

Radeon RX Vega 64
44
Radeon RX 470
22

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs: Legion

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
25
Radeon RX 470
11

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

Radeon RX Vega 64
54
Radeon RX 470
27

FPS (higher is better)

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Summary

Gaming performance index

Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 64

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 470

HWBench recommends Radeon RX Vega 64

Specifications

Core Configuration

Memory Configuration

Additional details

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

Texel Rate

Memory bandwidth

Single precision performance

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Battlefield 1

Battlefield V

Borderlands 3

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Cyberpunk 2077

Death Stranding

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Dishonored 2

Doom (2016)

F1 2017

Far Cry 5

Far Cry 6

Far Cry Primal

Gears of War 4

Gears of War 5

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Grand Theft Auto V

Hitman (2016)

Hitman III

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Red Dead Redemption II

Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil 7

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Sniper Elite 4

Star Wars Battlefront II

Strange Brigade

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Watch Dogs: Legion

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Battlefield 1

Battlefield V

Borderlands 3

Codemasters Formula 1 2018

Codemasters Formula 1 2020

Cyberpunk 2077

Death Stranding

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Dishonored 2

Doom (2016)

F1 2017

Far Cry 5

Far Cry 6

Far Cry Primal

Gears of War 4

Gears of War 5

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Grand Theft Auto V

Hitman (2016)

Hitman III

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Red Dead Redemption II

Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil 7