AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470M and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 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 GeForce4 MX 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 275 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
81.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 5
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	408 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

393

140

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	393	140
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 GeForce4 MX 440
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Celsius
Code name	Seymour	NV17 A3
Launch date	7 January 2012	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1034	1196
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0