NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 19.7 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
36x more pipelines: 288 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 128 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 600 MHz
29.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 67
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 200

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.7 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	288 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 200

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1953

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

200

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	200
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R400
Code name	GF104	M26
Launch date	3 September 2010	1 March 2005
Place in performance rating	907	909
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	288	8
Texture fill rate	19.7 billion / sec	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0b
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
PCIe