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Best Bench: 47% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 32% XFX(1682 9470)

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SPEED RANK: 150^th / 714

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Best Bench: 62% PowerColor(148C 2391)
Worst Bench: 51% MSI(1462 C411)

Poor: 51% Great: 62%

SPEED RANK: 117^th / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		39.5 %			56.9 %	Much faster effective speed. +44%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	47.5 fps	71.8 fps	Much better lighting effects. +51%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	56.5 fps	68.1 fps	Better reflection handling. +21%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	57.1 fps	67.7 fps	Faster multi rendering. +19%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	55.2 fps	81.4 fps	Much faster NBody calculation. +47%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	60.1 fps	79.8 fps	Much better peak lighting effects. +33%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	59.9 fps	70.5 fps	Better peak reflection handling. +18%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	60.7 fps	71.3 fps	Faster peak multi rendering. +17%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	64.6 fps	90.3 fps	Much faster peak NBody calculation. +40%


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	140 Fps	174 Fps	Better CSGO Fps. +24%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	84 Fps	96 Fps	Better Fortnite Fps. +14%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	53 Fps	67 Fps	Better PUBG Fps. +26%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	49 Fps	67 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +37%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	132 Fps	169 Fps	Better LoL Fps. +28%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	88 Fps	107 Fps	Better Overwatch Fps. +22%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	49 Fps	77 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +57%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	48 Fps	84 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +77%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	109 Fps	195 Fps	Much Better Minecraft Fps. +78%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	96 Fps	128 Fps	Much Better DOTA 2 Fps. +32%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	82 Fps	100 Fps	Better WoT Fps. +22%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.14 %	Much higher market share. +40%	0.1 %
Value Value For Money	74.7 %	Better value. +11%	67.4 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %		77 %	More popular. +24%
Price Price (score)	$126	Much cheaper. +37%	$200


Age Newest	92 Months	65 Months	More recent. +29%
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	80.2 fps	111 fps	Much better peak texture detail. +38%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	44.1 fps	54 fps	Faster peak complex splatting. +22%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	69.5 fps	99.9 fps	Much better texture detail. +44%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	42.2 fps	52.7 fps	Faster complex splatting. +25%

The RX 470 is the second Polaris based 14 nm graphics card released by AMD this year. The 470 follows hot on the heels of the hugely successful (though still mostly unavailable) RX 480. Based on specs the RX 470 has approximately 10% less processing horsepower than the RX 480. Looking at provisional average benchmarks (we only have three samples of the RX 470 at this time) of the RX 480 and RX 470 shows that the performance gap is just a few percent. This performance gap will likely widen as we get a more representative number of samples of the RX 470 but the fact that custom design 470s are already available will likely keep the gap between the 480 less than 10%, at least until custom 480s make it to market. The list prices of both the 4GB RX 480 and RX 470 cards are within 20 USD of each other so AMD have basically re-released the 480 at a slightly reduced price with slightly reduced specs, strange but true! ^{[Aug '16 GPUPro]}

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AMD’s mid-range RX 590 is the latest refresh of their Polaris-based RX 580, which in turn was a refresh of the RX 480. This iteration yields 10% higher clock speeds compared to the RX 580 which is fuelled by an increased power draw from 185W to 225W. The 590 does not have a 4GB variant which is good for longevity. At launch the 590 was priced at $280, which was 20% more expensive and 7% faster than Nvidia’s then popular 6GB 1060. In today’s market the 590 can be found for little as $170. For more than 90% of gamers (≤1080p) the RX 590 (at $170) represents the best value for money available. Since the GPU is by far the most important component in a gaming PC, it is usually worth spending more on it. The next step up from a 590 would be to Nvidia’s comparable $230 1660S. The 1660S is a more refined card, less heat results in less fan noise, but both are capable of delivering silky smooth 60+ EFps in almost all of today’s popular games at 1080p with maximum details. ^{[Nov '19 GPUPro]}

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