The Radeon Rebellion Storms Ahead with the Gamer Optimized Radeon™ RX 470 GPU

Following the launch of the game-changing Radeon™ RX 480 in June, AMD is now unveiling the new Radeon™ RX 470, which delivers AMD’s renowned Polaris architectural DNA and an extraordinary value proposition to an even larger cross-section of the world’s most demanding gamers, with a starting SRP of just $179 USD.

Supercharged with true asynchronous compute, support for high dynamic range monitors and designed from the ground up for low-overhead APIs, the Radeon™ RX 470 delivers on the promise of uncompromised HD gaming with exceptional graphics performance and low power consumption. 

The Radeon™ RX 470 dramatically outperforms the previous generation in gaming  with its 32 compute units , 2048 stream processors, and up to 4.9 teraflops processing power, yet typical board power is just 120 watts. This produces outstanding gaming with greater than 60 fps at ultra-settings on a wide variety of the latest game titles .

 

[i] Statement of “future-proof” refers to support of
current and upcoming technology standards including 14nm FinFET process
technology, DirectX®12 and Vulkan™ API support, new display technology, and
experiences such as VR. “Future-proof” statement is not meant to serve as a
warranty or indicate that users will never have to upgrade their graphics
technology again. Support of current and upcoming technology standards
described above has the potential to reduce frequency of graphics upgrades for
some users.

[ii] Testing by AMD Performance Labs July 14, 2016 on the
AMD Radeon™ RX 470 and Radeon ™ R7 370 on a test system comprising an Intel
Core i7 5960X (3.0GHz) CPU, 16GB (DDR4-2666 MHz) memory and Windows 10.
RX 470 driver used: 16.30-160628a-304042E. R7 370 driver used: 16.15.2211. PC
manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. The
following games were run on the following settings: Project Cars 1080p (Ultra
Quality, DS2X, 16xAF), Hitman 1080p (Max settings 16xAF), Overwatch 1080p (Epic
presets). The RX 470 scored: 64.81 fps, 64.20 fps, and 90.16 fps respectively.
The R7 370 scored: 33.271 fps, 31 fps, and 43.1 fps respectively. Performance
may vary based on use of latest drivers. Test results are not average and may
vary. RX-27

[iii] Discrete AMD Radeon™ and FirePro™ GPUs based on the
Graphics Core Next architecture consist of multiple discrete execution engines
known as a Compute Unit (“CU”). Each CU contains 64 shaders (“Stream
Processors”) working together.

[iv] Testing by AMD Performance Labs July 7, 2016 on a test
system comprising an Intel Core i7  5960X (3.0GHz) CPU, 16GB (DDR4-2666
MHz) memory, Radeon RX 470 Graphics, AMD driver 16.30-160628a-304042E and
Windows 10. PC Manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different
results. The following AAA games were tested at a resolution of 1080p on the
following settings: Rise of the Tomb Raider (High Presets, 4xAF, FXAA), Fallout
4 (Ultra Presets 16xAF), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (High preset, NV HairWorks:
Off, AA ON), Metro: Last Light(Very High Preset, 16xAF), Total War: Warhammer
(Ultra Preset, MLAA, 16xAF), Project Cars (Ultra Preset DS2X, 16x AF), Alien
Isolation (Ultra Preset, SMAA), Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Extra/High settings,
SMAA, 16x AF), Crysis 3 (Very High Preset FXAA), Far Cry Primal (High Preset,
SMAA), Battlefield 4 (Ultra Preset 4xMSAA), Civilization: Beyond Earth (Ultra
Preset, 8xMSAA), Bioshock Infinite (UltraDOF Preset, AA ON, 16xAF), Far Cry 4
(Ultra High Preset SMAA), Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Max Preset, 100%
SSAA), Hitman (Ultra Preset, SMAA, 16xAF), Thief (Very High preset, High AA),
Sniper Elite 3 (Ultra Preset, 2xSSAA, 16xAF), Grand Theft Auto V (Ultra
Settings, 16xAF), Battlefield Hardline (High Settings, High Post-AA), Tomb
Raider (Ultra Quality, FXAA, 16xAF) Radeon RX 470 received the corresponding
frame rates on the above games, all of which were 60 fps and over: 7.00, 76.60,
68.08, 69.57, 66.10, 64.81, 105.75, 74.60, 70.22, 71, 65.62, 83.06, 94.84,
76.60, 72.22, 64.20, 73.20, 65.60, 79.10, 108.89, 76.50 respectively.
Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers. Test results are not
average, may not be typical and may vary. RX-28

[v] HDR content requires that the system be configured
with a fully HDR-ready content chain, including: graphics card, monitor/TV,
graphics driver and application. Video content must be graded in HDR and viewed
with an HDR-ready player. Windowed mode content requires operating system
support.

[vi] AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused
by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD hardware and/or
software.

[vii] Not all notebooks or tablets feature AMD XConnect™
technology, and not all electronic graphics (eGFX) enclosures are
pre-configured with an AMD Radeon™ graphics card and/or feature user
upgradability. Base system’s software package and BIOS must be configured to
support AMD XConnect™ technology. System must have Thunderbolt™ 3 connection.
Check with your manufacturer for full specifications and capabilities and visit www.amd.com/xconnect for a list of compatible devices.