ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5470 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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).

ATI Radeon HD 5470

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 55 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 268 vs 124
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2012 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	268 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5470
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

268

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

152

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5470	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	268	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	152
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5470	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cedar	NV41
Launch date	13 February 2012	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1075	1078
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR