AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375X 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M375X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 40.6 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
2.2x more pipelines: 640 vs 288
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,299 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1333 vs 732
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1333 vs 732
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2185 vs 1112
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2185 vs 1112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 288
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops vs 616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333 vs 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2185 vs 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2185 vs 1112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 1728
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 310

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953 vs 1728
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 310

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M375X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1728

1953

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

310

413

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

732

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1333

732

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

1112

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2185

1112

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1728	1953
PassMark - G2D Mark	310	413
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3548
Geekbench - OpenCL	9124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333	732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333	732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2185	1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2185	1112

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Tropo	GF104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	897	900
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1015 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops	616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	288
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s	19.7 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,950 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12 API
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI