NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 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 - 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 - 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 383 vs 289
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 152
Around 99% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1571 vs 790
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 614 vs 540
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1162 vs 1044
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 614 vs 540
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1162 vs 1044

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 5 January 2012
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	383 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark	158 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL	1571 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	614 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1162 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	614 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1162 vs 1044

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
Around 81% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 49 Watt
3600x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1702 vs 1683
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1702 vs 1683

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 700 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1702 vs 1683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1702 vs 1683

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

289

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

158

152

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1571

790

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1683

1702

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1683

1702

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	383	289
PassMark - G2D Mark	158	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	1571	790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	614	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1162	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1683	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	614	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1162	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1683	1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		437

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF108	Caicos
Launch date	15 May 2012	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99
Place in performance rating	1554	1491
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.32
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	96	160
Texture fill rate	11.2 billion / sec	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.2	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	1.8 GB/s	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA