AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
13.8x more texture fill rate: 137.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2048 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
8.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 13 March 2008
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 926 MHz
16.3x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
4.1x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 120 Watt

Core clock speed	1250 MHz vs 926 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Geekbench - OpenCL	33729
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	3675
PassMark - G3D Mark		270
PassMark - G2D Mark		328

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G84
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	13 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99
Place in performance rating	486	489
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	1250 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	80 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	289 million
CUDA cores		32
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	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2?, 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