AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 1146.5x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 34.0 billion / sec
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 512 vs 448
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1280 MB
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11376 vs 10940
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 26 March 2010
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s vs 34.0 billion / sec
Pipelines 512 vs 448
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1280 MB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 11376 vs 10940

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3614 vs 1769
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3614 vs 1769
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3317 vs 2775
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3317 vs 2775
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3873 vs 3278
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3873 vs 3278
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 405 vs 342
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 2017
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3614 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3614 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3317 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3317 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3873 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3873 vs 3278
PassMark - G2D Mark 405 vs 342
PassMark - G3D Mark 3107 vs 2017

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
3873
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11376
10940
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
342
405
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2017
3107
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 3873
Geekbench - OpenCL 11376 10940
PassMark - G2D Mark 342 405
PassMark - G3D Mark 2017 3107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.852
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Fermi
Code name Arctic Islands GF100
Launch date 13 May 2019 26 March 2010
Place in performance rating 808 810
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Price now $522.01
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 6.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512 448
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 34.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 3,100 million
CUDA cores 448
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm) 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None Two 6-pins
Width Dual-slot
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.2
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1280 MB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 133.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround