ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5470 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 104.0 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 268 vs 209
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 120
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2012 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines 80 vs 32
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 268 vs 209
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 vs 120

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

  • Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1901 vs 1771
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1901 vs 1771
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 10 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1901 vs 1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1901 vs 1771

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
268
209
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
298
120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
1901
Name ATI Radeon HD 5470 NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 268 209
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 120
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1771 1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1771 1901

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5470 NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Cedar G96
Launch date 13 February 2012 29 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1077 1373
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 80 32
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 314 million
CUDA cores 32
Gigaflops 148

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-II
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
PCI-E 2.0