AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M470

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
3.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1707 MHz
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 12811

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 24 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1707 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 12811

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
Around 62% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 2331
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 307
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 1804
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 1674
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341 vs 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

3341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

394

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47924

12811

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3330

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3330

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	3341
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	394
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924	12811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3330
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4118
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Strato	GF110
Launch date	15 May 2016	24 March 2011
Place in performance rating	770	773
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$184
Value for money (0-100)		30.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1215 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	2x 1,244.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	1024
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	77.7 billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		1024
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		365 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	327.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1707 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround