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).

 

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 761 762
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