AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
11.9x more texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
15.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8022 vs 504
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 728 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8022 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	728 vs 407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 926 MHz
26.1x better floating-point performance: 128 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 926 MHz
Floating-point performance	128 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8022

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

728

407

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8022	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	728	407
Geekbench - OpenCL	34588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3699

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G94
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	369	372
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	100.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	128 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD