AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 863 MHz
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 24047
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 863 MHz
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3714
Geekbench - OpenCL 57109 vs 24047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 160.5 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 896
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8012 vs 3244
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 426
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 160.5 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 896
Floating-point performance 4,156 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8012 vs 3244
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 vs 426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3244
8012
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
426
591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3714
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
57109
24047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3358
Name AMD Radeon R9 M470X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
PassMark - G3D Mark 3244 8012
PassMark - G2D Mark 426 591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3714
Geekbench - OpenCL 57109 24047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 57.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1269.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9064
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2777

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M470X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Strato GK110
Launch date 15 May 2016 23 May 2013
Place in performance rating 461 456
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Price now $740.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 863 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops 4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 2304
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s 160.5 billion / sec
Transistor count 2,080 million 7,080 million
CUDA cores 2304
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Minimum recommended system power 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors One 8-pin and one 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DirectCompute 5.0
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA