NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6470M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1794 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 320 vs 226
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 164 vs 105
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 968 vs 729
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.566 vs 2.282

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2012 vs 4 January 2011
Memory clock speed	1794 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	320 vs 226
PassMark - G2D Mark	164 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL	968 vs 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.566 vs 2.282

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 523 MHz
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
2.2x better floating-point performance: 224 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 112.819 vs 53.127
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 5.671 vs 4.47
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.025 vs 5.049
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1251 vs 764
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1881 vs 1131
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1251 vs 764
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1881 vs 1131

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	224 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	112.819 vs 53.127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.671 vs 4.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.025 vs 5.049
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1251 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1881 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1251 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1881 vs 1131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

226

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

164

105

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

968

729

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.566

2.282

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

53.127

112.819

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.47

5.671

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.049

23.025

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

1251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1131

1881

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

1251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1131

1881

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	320	226
PassMark - G2D Mark	164	105
Geekbench - OpenCL	968	729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.566	2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	53.127	112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.47	5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	5.049	23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	764	1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1131	1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	764	1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1131	1881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.276
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		589

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 605 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6470M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF119	Seymour
Launch date	2 April 2012	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1578	1579
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$569.99
Price now		$569.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	523 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops	224 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Texture fill rate	4.184 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.35 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1794 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0