NVIDIA GRID K160Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K160Q and AMD Radeon HD 7470M 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 - 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GRID K160Q

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 13.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 192 vs 160
Around 36% better floating-point performance: 326.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 628 vs 408
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1871 vs 1422
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1871 vs 1422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 160
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	628 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871 vs 1422

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

18.6x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 262
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3074 vs 2654
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3074 vs 2654

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3074 vs 2654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3074 vs 2654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K160Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

628

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

393

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1871

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3074

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2654

3074

Name	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	628	408
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1871	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1871	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2654	3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2654	3074
Geekbench - OpenCL		3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K160Q	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Seymour
Launch date	28 June 2013	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$125
Place in performance rating	1033	1034
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	326.4 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	160
Texture fill rate	13.6 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	7 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	370 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0