AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher pipelines: 576 vs 448
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 14.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 215 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 vs 26 March 2010
Pipelines 576 vs 448
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 vs 406

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 1596
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10961 vs 9693
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3873 vs 2591
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3873 vs 2591
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3614 vs 1856
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3614 vs 1856
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3317 vs 2482
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3317 vs 2482
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3107 vs 1596
Geekbench - OpenCL 10961 vs 9693
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3873 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3873 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3614 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3614 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3317 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3317 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
408
406
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1596
3107
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9693
10961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2591
3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2591
3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1856
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1856
3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
3317
Name AMD Radeon Vega 9 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
PassMark - G2D Mark 408 406
PassMark - G3D Mark 1596 3107
Geekbench - OpenCL 9693 10961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2591 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2591 3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1856 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1856 3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2482 3317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2482 3317
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 Vega 9 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Essentials

Architecture Vega Fermi
Code name Vega Raven Ridge GF100
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 26 March 2010
Place in performance rating 812 810
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Price now $522.01
Value for money (0-100) 6.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 576 448
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 4500 million 3,100 million
Core clock speed 1215 MHz
CUDA cores 448
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Texture fill rate 34.0 billion / sec

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Shared memory Yes 0
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB
Memory bandwidth 133.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround