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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

ATI Radeon HD 4200

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	900	901
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