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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

ATI Radeon HD 5550

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1953

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

185

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M	ATI Radeon HD 5550
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
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF104	Redwood
Launch date	3 September 2010	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	899	890
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
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
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI