NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M vs ATI Radeon HD 4200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M and ATI Radeon HD 4200 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 7.2x more pipelines: 288 vs 40
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
  • 17.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 112
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 372
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1112 vs 485
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1112 vs 485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 10 September 2009
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 288 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1953 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1112 vs 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1112 vs 485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1953
112
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1112
485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1112
485
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M ATI Radeon HD 4200
PassMark - G3D Mark 1953 112
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1112 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1112 485

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M ATI Radeon HD 4200

Essentials

Architecture Fermi RV6xx
Code name GF104 RV620
Launch date 3 September 2010 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 896 898
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1100 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 288 40
Texture fill rate 19.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0 yes

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0