AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 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 - 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, 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).

AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
Around 81% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 49 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1702 vs 1624
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1702 vs 1624

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2012 vs 11 October 2010
Pipelines	160 vs 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1702 vs 1624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1702 vs 1624

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 600 vs 289
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 199 vs 152
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2240 vs 791
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1080 vs 540
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1713 vs 1044
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1080 vs 540
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1713 vs 1044

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	600 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark	199 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL	2240 vs 791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1080 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1713 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1080 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1713 vs 1044

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

289

600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

199

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

791

2240

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

540

1080

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1044

1713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

1624

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

540

1080

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1044

1713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

1624

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	289	600
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	199
Geekbench - OpenCL	791	2240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	540	1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1044	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1702	1624
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	540	1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1044	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1702	1624
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	437	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		87.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.764

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Caicos	GF108
Launch date	5 January 2012	11 October 2010
Place in performance rating	1498	1500
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$35.99
Value for money (0-100)		20.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	96
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	11.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	585 million
CUDA cores per GPU		96
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGA (optional)Mini HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		2.713" (6.9 cm)
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	25.6 - 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 - 900 MHz (1600 - 1800 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA