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).

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

393

153

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
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
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Seymour	G71
Launch date	7 January 2012	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1034	1036
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
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