AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
9.3x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 237
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3322 vs 2626

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 1 February 2011
Pipelines	160 vs 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 237
Geekbench - OpenCL	3322 vs 2626

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

2.2x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 13.0 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 30% better floating-point performance: 311.04 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 774 vs 408
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3275 vs 3074
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3275 vs 3074
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2053 vs 1422
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2053 vs 1422

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.0 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	311.04 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	774 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3275 vs 3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3275 vs 3074
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2053 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2053 vs 1422

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

774

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

393

237

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

2626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3074

3275

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3074

3275

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1422

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1422

2053

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	774
PassMark - G2D Mark	393	237
Geekbench - OpenCL	3322	2626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3074	3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3074	3275
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1422	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1422	2053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		171.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		19.871
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1208

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Seymour	GF108
Launch date	7 January 2012	1 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1034	1342
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.03
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1620 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	311.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	96
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	13.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, HDMIVGADual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.8 (DDR3) – 51.2 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory config per GPU		1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA