AMD FirePro M2000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M2000 and AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro M2000

AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 480 vs 160
2x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 425 vs 289
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 152
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1168 vs 791
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 544 vs 540
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1498 vs 1044
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 544 vs 540
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1498 vs 1044

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2012 vs 5 January 2012
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 160
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	425 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark	206 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL	1168 vs 791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	544 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1498 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1709 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	544 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1498 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1709 vs 1702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 33 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

425

289

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

206

152

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1168

791

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

544

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1498

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1709

1702

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

544

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1498

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1709

1702

Name	AMD FirePro M2000	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	425	289
PassMark - G2D Mark	206	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	1168	791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.801
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	544	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1498	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1709	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	544	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1498	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1709	1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		437

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M2000	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Turks	Caicos
Launch date	1 July 2012	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1498	1499
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	160
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	chip-down
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0