AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470M and NVIDIA GeForce G205M 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 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 14 Watt
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 92
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 294
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3074 vs 989
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3074 vs 989
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2012 vs 8 January 2009
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 14 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 408 vs 92
PassMark - G2D Mark 393 vs 294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3074 vs 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3074 vs 989

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G205M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
408
92
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
393
294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3074
989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3074
989
Name AMD Radeon HD 7470M NVIDIA GeForce G205M
PassMark - G3D Mark 408 92
PassMark - G2D Mark 393 294
Geekbench - OpenCL 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3074 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3074 989
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 G205M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Seymour MCP79MX
Launch date 7 January 2012 8 January 2009
Place in performance rating 1032 1034
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz
Core clock speed 750 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 160
Texture fill rate 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory 0