AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 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 780M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 823 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 12496

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 11 May 2013
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 823 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 12496

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

2.1x more texture fill rate: 102.0 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
Around 59% better floating-point performance: 2,448 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3814 vs 2331
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 307
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3679 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3679 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1674
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	102.0 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2,448 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3814 vs 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark	415 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3679 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3679 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

3814

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

415

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47924

12496

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3679

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3351

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	3814
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	415
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924	12496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804	3679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804	3679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		39.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		705.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		78.867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4868
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1466

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK104
Launch date	15 May 2016	11 May 2013
Place in performance rating	769	771
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	797 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	823 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	2,448 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1536
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	102.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		122 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA