Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs GeForce GTX 470

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking584not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.25no data
Power efficiency2.74no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameGF100GMA HD
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 March 2010 (16 years ago)10 January 2010 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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Performance to price scatter graph

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores44812
Core clock speed607 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate34.05no data
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPSno data
ROPs40no data
TMUs56no data
L1 Cache896 KBno data
L2 Cache640 KBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1280 MBno data
Memory bus width320 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1674 MHz (3348 data rate)no data
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)10
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 470 16753
+5531%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 298

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2010 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 40 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 470 has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 13% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, on the other hand, has 514% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470 is a desktop graphics card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a notebook one.

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