AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M 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 Quadro NVS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 530 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 160 vs 8
11.5x better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 10 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 70
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 15 August 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 8
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 10 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	408 vs 70
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

393

168

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	70
PassMark - G2D Mark	393	168
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 Quadro NVS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Seymour	G98
Launch date	7 January 2012	15 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1034	1037
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	8
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	2.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt	10 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	MXM-I
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0