NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 750 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.4x better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 289
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 152
5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4493 vs 790
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2663 vs 540
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 1044
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 1702
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2663 vs 540
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 1044
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 1702
Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 545 vs 437

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	1058 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749 vs 289
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL	4493 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2663 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3478 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2663 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3478 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332 vs 1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	545 vs 437

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 64 Watt
720x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 64 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

289

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

152

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4493

790

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2663

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3478

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

1702

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2663

540

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3478

1044

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

1702

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

545

437

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749	289
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	4493	790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2663	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3478	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2663	540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3478	1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	545	437

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK106	Caicos
Launch date	27 November 2013	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1003	1491
Price now	$144.81
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	16.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	384
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.70" (14.5 cm)	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA