AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 384 vs 288
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • 3.7x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2380 vs 732
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2380 vs 732
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1112
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1112
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 3 September 2010
Pipelines 384 vs 288
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2380 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2380 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 1112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 19.7 billion / sec vs 18.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% better floating-point performance: 616.3 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 338
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 935
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 730 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.7 billion / sec vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 338
PassMark - G3D Mark 1953 vs 935

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
338
413
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
935
1953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2380
732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2380
732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1112
Name AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 413
PassMark - G3D Mark 935 1953
Geekbench - OpenCL 5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2380 732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2380 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 1112

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Oland GF104
Launch date 5 May 2015 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 894 896
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 288
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s 19.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 73.6 GB / s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI