NVIDIA NVS 315 vs AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 315 and AMD Radeon HD 6470M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 315

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 320 vs 226
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 105
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 882 vs 729
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.025 vs 2.282
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 March 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 320 vs 226
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 882 vs 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.025 vs 2.282

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 523 MHz
  • Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 224 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 112.819 vs 79.479
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.276 vs 0.217
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 5.671 vs 4.705
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.025 vs 6.573
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 589 vs 465
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1251 vs 942
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1881 vs 1382
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 589 vs 465
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1251 vs 942
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1881 vs 1382
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 224 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 112.819 vs 79.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.276 vs 0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.671 vs 4.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.025 vs 6.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 589 vs 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1251 vs 942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1881 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 589 vs 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1251 vs 942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1881 vs 1382

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 315
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
226
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
180
105
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
882
729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.025
2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.479
112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.217
0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.705
5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.573
23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
465
589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
942
1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1382
1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
465
589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
942
1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1382
1881
Name NVIDIA NVS 315 AMD Radeon HD 6470M
PassMark - G3D Mark 320 226
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 882 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.025 2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.479 112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.217 0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.705 5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.573 23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 465 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 942 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1382 1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 465 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 942 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1382 1881

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 315 AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF119 Seymour
Launch date 10 March 2013 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $159 $569.99
Place in performance rating 1577 1579
Type Workstation Laptop
Price now $569.99
Value for money (0-100) 0.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 523 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops 224 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 160
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s 5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0