NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M vs AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 253.4 gflops vs 224 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 226
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 126 vs 105
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2141 vs 729
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.233 vs 2.282
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 161.144 vs 112.819
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.519 vs 0.276
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 7.151 vs 5.671
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1032 vs 589
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1595 vs 1251
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 1881
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1032 vs 589
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1595 vs 1251
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 1881
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 August 2012 vs 4 January 2011
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 224 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 432 vs 226
PassMark - G2D Mark 126 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 2141 vs 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.233 vs 2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.144 vs 112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.519 vs 0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.151 vs 5.671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1032 vs 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1595 vs 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 vs 1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1032 vs 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1595 vs 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 vs 1881

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.025 vs 16.605
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 160 vs 96
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.025 vs 16.605

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
432
226
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
126
105
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2141
729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.233
2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
161.144
112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.519
0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.151
5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.605
23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1595
1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1595
1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
1881
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M AMD Radeon HD 6470M
PassMark - G3D Mark 432 226
PassMark - G2D Mark 126 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 2141 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.233 2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.144 112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.519 0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.151 5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.605 23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1032 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1595 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1032 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1595 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 1881

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF108 Seymour
Launch date 23 August 2012 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1500 1579
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $569.99
Price now $569.99
Value for money (0-100) 0.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 224 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 160
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 370 million
Core clock speed 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers