AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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: 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
9.2x more texture fill rate: 137.5 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 1 July 2014
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 926 MHz
73.5x better floating-point performance: 360.2 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 120 Watt

Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 926 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Geekbench - OpenCL	33718
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	839
PassMark - G2D Mark		304
PassMark - G3D Mark		614

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	GF117
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	1 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99
Place in performance rating	505	506
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	360.2 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	96
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	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