AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA GRID K520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and NVIDIA GRID K520 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (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 R9 M470

NVIDIA GRID K520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 745 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 160
4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 10864

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 745 MHz
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 160
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 10864

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

43.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 768
3.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 2331
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 1804
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1674
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516 vs 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K520

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

3516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

160

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47924

10864

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3354

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GRID K520
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	3516
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	160
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924	10864
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6782

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GRID K520
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK104
Launch date	15 May 2016	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	762	763
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	2x 2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		225 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0