NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M vs ATI Radeon HD 5550
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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 6 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 19.7 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
- Around 75% better floating-point performance: 616.3 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
- 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
- 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 377
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 185
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 September 2010 vs 9 February 2010 |
Core clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 550 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 19.7 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 616.3 gflops vs 352.0 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 1536 MB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1953 vs 377 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 413 vs 185 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550
- Around 11% higher pipelines: 320 vs 288
- Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2.6x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Pipelines | 320 vs 288 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 39 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M | ATI Radeon HD 5550 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1953 | 377 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 413 | 185 |
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 Radeon HD 5550 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | GF104 | Redwood |
Launch date | 3 September 2010 | 9 February 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 896 | 897 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 550 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 616.3 gflops | 352.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 288 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 19.7 billion / sec | 8.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 39 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,950 million | 627 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Length | 165 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 60.0 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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