AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 540 MHz
14.3x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
112x more pipelines: 896 vs 8
94.8x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
39.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 82
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 1 June 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 8
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

344

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Tesla
Code name	Strato	G98
Launch date	15 May 2016	1 June 2008
Place in performance rating	460	464
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	896	8
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0