AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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 Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 2x 8
5.4x better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 40 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 289 vs 121
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 120
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1702 vs 658
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1702 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2012 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	289 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1702 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1702 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

4.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

289

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1702

658

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	289	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1702	658
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1702	658
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	437

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G98
Launch date	5 January 2012	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1498	1501
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	2x 8
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3