NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 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 GTX 470

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 34.0 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 448 vs 320
3.4x better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 512 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 1200 MHz
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3134 vs 401
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 414 vs 320
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3317 vs 3262
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3317 vs 3262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3134 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark	414 vs 320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3317 vs 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3317 vs 3262

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 215 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 215 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3134

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

414

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3317

3262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3317

3262

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	3134	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	414	320
Geekbench - OpenCL	11089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3317	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3317	3262
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF100	M96
Launch date	26 March 2010	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	790	792
Price now	$522.01
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	448
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	448	320
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion / sec	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay