GeForce GTX 490
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470
GeForce GTX 490
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between GeForce GTX 490  vs  AMD Radeon RX 470.

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Place in performance rating
169
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Value for money (0-100)
90.33
Fermi
Architecture
Polaris
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Code name
Ellesmere
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Type
Desktop
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Release date
4 August 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$315
Price now
$145 (0.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
69.00
GF100
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Pro
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between GeForce GTX 490  vs  AMD Radeon RX 470 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
2048
608 MHz
Core clock speed
926 MHz
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Boost Clock
1206 MHz
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Transistor count
5,700 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
36.48
Texture fill rate
154.4
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Floating-point performance
4,940 gflops
480
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
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Boost clock speed
1206 MHz
3,100 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
365 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards GeForce GTX 490 and AMD Radeon RX 470 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
279 mm
Length
241 mm
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between GeForce GTX 490 vs AMD Radeon RX 470.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3.4 GB/s
Memory clock speed
6600 MHz
164.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
211.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between GeForce GTX 490 vs AMD Radeon RX 470.

3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

2.0
CUDA
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FreeSync
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders GeForce GTX 490 and AMD Radeon RX 470 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce GTX 490 and AMD Radeon RX 470 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce GTX 490 or AMD Radeon RX 470 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce GTX 490
AMD Radeon RX 470
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce GTX 490
AMD Radeon RX 470
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce GTX 490
AMD Radeon RX 470 73.8 53.4
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce GTX 490
AMD Radeon RX 470
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce GTX 490
AMD Radeon RX 470
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 490

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 8 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 470

37.57% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($145 (0.8x MSRP) vs $315)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (211.2 GB/s vs 164.0 GB/s)

So, GeForce GTX 490 or AMD Radeon RX 470?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 470 .

GeForce GTX 490 versus AMD Radeon RX 470 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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380689 (100 %)

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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User rating

4.5 Out of 6 Hitesti Score
4.4 Out of 396 Hitesti Score