AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470M and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
- 9.3x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 65 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
- Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 348
- 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 153
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 January 2012 vs 6 August 2006 |
Core clock speed | 750 MHz vs 550 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 7 Watt vs 65 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 408 vs 348 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 393 vs 153 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate | 13.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 7470M | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 408 | 348 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 393 | 153 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 3322 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3074 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3074 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1422 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1422 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 7470M | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
Code name | Seymour | G71 |
Launch date | 7 January 2012 | 6 August 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1032 | 1035 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $114.95 | |
Price now | $114.95 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.99 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 550 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 240.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 160 | |
Texture fill rate | 6 GTexel / s | 13.2 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 7 Watt | 65 Watt |
Transistor count | 370 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 44.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1400 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 / GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 |