NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 19.7 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 288 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 89 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
14.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 138
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.7 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	288 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1953

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

198

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	198
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	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF104	NV41
Launch date	3 September 2010	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	907	910
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	616.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	288	12
Texture fill rate	19.7 billion / sec	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	222 million
Boost clock speed		450 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	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI