AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM vs NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM and NVIDIA NVS 5100M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 289 vs 200
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 62
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 289 vs 200
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
  • 8.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6549 vs 790
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2747 vs 1702
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2747 vs 1702
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6549 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2747 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2747 vs 1702

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5100M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
289
200
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
152
62
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
790
6549
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1702
2747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1702
2747
Name AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM NVIDIA NVS 5100M
PassMark - G3D Mark 289 200
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 62
Geekbench - OpenCL 790 6549
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1702 2747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1702 2747
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 437

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Caicos GT216
Launch date 5 January 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1490 1492
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 750 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops 116.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 48
Texture fill rate 6 GTexel / s 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 486 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
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 GDDR3