A Chinese tech publication PCOnline has published a full review of the Radeon RX 470D, AMD’s newly launched budget graphics card. The card is supposed to be sold only in China but it’s interesting to take a look at its performance benchmarks nevertheless.

In terms of pricing and performance, the AMD Radeon RX 470D sits between the RX 460 and RX 470, which means the card will directly rival Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1050 Ti launched last month. Before we move to the RX 470D benchmarks, let’s take a quick look at the specifications of the card.

AMD Radeon RX 470D Specs – Polaris 10 GPU, 4GB GDDR5 & 1266MHz Boost Clock

The Radeon RX 470D is based on a cut-down Polaris 10 “Ellesmere” silicon which has 28 out of 36 GCN compute units enabled. This translates to 1792 stream processors, 112 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The GPU features 4GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7.0GHz across a 256-bit bus interface.

The cut in GPU cores is somewhat offset by offering faster GPU boost and memory clocks compared to the Radeon RX 470. The RX 470D has core speed of up to 1266MHz boost, and its memory is clocked at 7.0GHz (GDDR5 effective), delivering a total bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The RX 470D boasts a double dissipation cooler with TDP rated at 110W. The card is powered by a single 6-Pin connector however, AIB partners can opt for 8-Pin design which will deliver more power to the board stable clock speeds and overclocking capabilities.

AMD RX 470D Benchmarks – Beats GTX 1050 Ti, 5-10% Slower Than RX 470

Folks over at PCOnline got their hands on the Sapphire Radeon RX 470D NITRO, and tested it to be faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in both synthetic and gaming benchmarks. The RX 470D outperforms Nvidia’s solution by as much as 48 per cent in 1080p gaming tests, while it’s only 5 to 10 per cent slower than the more expensive RX 470.

As for the pricing, the Radeon RX 470D is expected to retail at 14 per cent less than its elder sibling. In China, the new RX 470D NITRO costs only 15 euros more than the GTX 1050 Ti and thus 30 euros less than the RX 470.