NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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 X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 475 MHz
17.9x more texture fill rate: 34.0 billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
37.3x more pipelines: 448 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 800 MHz
29.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3134 vs 105
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 414 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion / sec vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	448 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3134 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	414 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3134

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

414

228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3134	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	414	228
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R500
Code name	GF100	M66
Launch date	26 March 2010	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	790	793
Price now	$522.01
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	448
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	448	12
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion / sec	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
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 1.0 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)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround
Powerplay 6.0