AMD Radeon HD 6470M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6470M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6470M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 56% better floating-point performance: 224 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 790 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 227 vs 219
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 105 vs 45
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1881 vs 1686
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1881 vs 1686

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 26 January 2010
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	224 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 790 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	227 vs 219
PassMark - G2D Mark	105 vs 45
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1881 vs 1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1881 vs 1686

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
8.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5892 vs 731

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1360 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5892 vs 731

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

219

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

731

5892

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1881

1686

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1881

1686

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
PassMark - G3D Mark	227	219
PassMark - G2D Mark	105	45
Geekbench - OpenCL	731	5892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1881	1686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1881	1686

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Seymour	G94
Launch date	4 January 2011	26 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$569.99	$79.99
Place in performance rating	1587	1588
Price now	$569.99	$79.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72	5.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1360 MHz
Floating-point performance	224 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		58 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.6" (16.8 cm)
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	25.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	790 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA