AMD Radeon HD 7450M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 30.7x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 405
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3493 vs 3317
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3493 vs 3317
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2012 vs 26 March 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 215 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 441 vs 405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3493 vs 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3493 vs 3317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

  • Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 6.1x more texture fill rate: 34.0 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 448 vs 160
  • 4.9x better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 1 GB
  • 9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 330
  • 23x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10940 vs 476
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3614 vs 1832
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3614 vs 1832
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 34.0 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 448 vs 160
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1280 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3107 vs 330
Geekbench - OpenCL 10940 vs 476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3614 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3614 vs 1832

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
330
3107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
441
405
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
10940
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3493
3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3493
3317
Name AMD Radeon HD 7450M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
PassMark - G3D Mark 330 3107
PassMark - G2D Mark 441 405
Geekbench - OpenCL 476 10940
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1832 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1832 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3493 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3493 3317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3873
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7450M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Seymour GF100
Launch date 7 January 2012 26 March 2010
Place in performance rating 809 810
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Price now $522.01
Value for money (0-100) 6.87

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1215 MHz
Floating-point performance 224.0 gflops 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 448
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s 34.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 3,100 million
CUDA cores 448
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1280 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 133.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround