ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5470 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 70 Watt
Launch date 13 February 2012 vs 14 May 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 17.28 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 80% higher pipelines: 144 vs 80
  • 4x better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1099 vs 268
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 324 vs 298
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3323 vs 960
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3323 vs 960
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1771
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1771
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 720 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.28 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 144 vs 80
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1099 vs 268
PassMark - G2D Mark 324 vs 298
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3323 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3323 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1771

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
268
1099
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
298
324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
3356
Name ATI Radeon HD 5470 NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
PassMark - G3D Mark 268 1099
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 960 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 960 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1771 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1771 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL 3693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5470 NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi 2.0
Code name Cedar GF116
Launch date 13 February 2012 14 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1077 1079
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Price now $55.59
Value for money (0-100) 26.90

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 720 MHz
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops 414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 80 144
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 17.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 170 mm 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3