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AMD Radeon R9 M470X

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X is a graphics card released on May 1, 2016. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 3,176 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

4/10 key specs recorded · 15 facts

Depth: 26 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

75 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X scores 3,176 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 73.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #737), measured across 12 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 444.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,176

Rank #737
Faster than 73.6% of 2,658 GPUs
12 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 57 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 61% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 51% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 24 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 54.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 17 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 50.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,273 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 54.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon R9 M470X averages DirectX 9 57 fps, DirectX 10 10 fps, DirectX 11 24 fps, DirectX 12 17 fps and GPU Compute 1,273 ops/s, across 12 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCI-E 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Memory clock 1500 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2016-09-15

Samples 12

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R9 M470X states the PCI-E 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2016-09-15. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCI-E 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 75 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCI-E 3.0 x16

Market

Launched May 1, 2016

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X was released on May 1, 2016.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,176

PassMark G2D 444

Rank #737

Samples 12

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 12 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.5 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R9 M470X. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R9 M470X. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R9 M470X.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon (TM) R9 M470X and Radeon (TM) R9 M470X.

Other names (PassMark) AMD Radeon (TM) R9 M470X; Radeon (TM) R9 M470X

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R9 M470X have?

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X has 4 GB of video memory.

How much power does the AMD Radeon R9 M470X use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X has a board power rating of 75 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon R9 M470X?

The AMD Radeon R9 M470X scores 3,176 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 73.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #737. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 17 fps.