NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 800M and AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 27 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 457 vs 289
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 152
  • Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1303 vs 791
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 703 vs 540
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1123 vs 1044
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 703 vs 540
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1123 vs 1044
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 5 January 2012
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 27 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 457 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 1303 vs 791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 703 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 703 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 vs 1044

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 738 MHz
  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • Around 69% better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1702 vs 1601
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1702 vs 1601
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate 6 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1702 vs 1601
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1702 vs 1601

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 800M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
457
289
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
203
152
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1303
791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
703
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1601
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
703
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1601
1702
Name NVIDIA GeForce 800M AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 457 289
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 1303 791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 109.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 703 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1601 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 703 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1601 1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 437

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 800M AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF117 Caicos
Launch date 17 March 2014 5 January 2012
Place in performance rating 1490 1492
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 738 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 141.7 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 160
Texture fill rate 5.904 GTexel / s 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus