AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M 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, 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 Radeon HD 7470 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
5x more pipelines: 160 vs 32
3x better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 289 vs 122
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 74

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2012 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 32
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	289 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 27 Watt
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2058 vs 1702
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2058 vs 1702

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 27 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2058 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2058 vs 1702

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

289

122

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

2058

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

2058

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
PassMark - G3D Mark	289	122
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	74
Geekbench - OpenCL	790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1702	2058
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1702	2058
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	437

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G96C
Launch date	5 January 2012	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1490	1493
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	160	32
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0