NVIDIA NVS 5400M vs ATI Radeon HD 4670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 5400M and ATI Radeon HD 4670 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5400M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 59 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 626 vs 380
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 39
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 10 September 2008
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 626 vs 380
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 vs 39

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 660 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
  • Around 89% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 2282
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 2282
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 96
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3285 vs 2282
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3285 vs 2282

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 5400M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
626
380
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
187
39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2282
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2282
3285
Name NVIDIA NVS 5400M ATI Radeon HD 4670
PassMark - G3D Mark 626 380
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 39
Geekbench - OpenCL 2353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 229.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2282 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2282 3285

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 5400M ATI Radeon HD 4670

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF108 RV730
Launch date 1 June 2012 10 September 2008
Place in performance rating 1426 1429
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $67

Technical info

Core clock speed 660 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 96 320
Texture fill rate 10.56 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 59 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 514 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 193 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus