NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM 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 - T-Rex (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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 874 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 6.992 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 341 vs 251
Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1367 vs 785
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.15 vs 2.342
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.294 vs 0.275

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2014 vs 8 January 2013
Core clock speed	874 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.992 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	341 vs 251
Geekbench - OpenCL	1367 vs 785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.15 vs 2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.294 vs 0.275

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 48% better floating-point performance: 248.0 gflops vs 167.8 gflops
Around 94% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 121.217 vs 84.603
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.947 vs 10.608

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops vs 167.8 gflops
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 166
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	121.217 vs 84.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.947 vs 10.608

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

341

251

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

168

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1367

785

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.15

2.342

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

84.603

121.217

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.294

0.275

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.608

23.947

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	341	251
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	168
Geekbench - OpenCL	1367	785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.15	2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	84.603	121.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.294	0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.608	23.947
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	513
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	513
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	677
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.14

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF119	Caicos
Launch date	27 March 2014	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	1582	1585
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	874 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	167.8 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	160
Texture fill rate	6.992 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	13.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1650 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5