Radeon RX 470D vs GeForce 7500 LE
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1380 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | G72 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 March 2006 (18 years ago) | 21 October 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 926 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1206 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.800 | 135.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 4.322 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | 112 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
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 type | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 405 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.48 GB/s | 211.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 March 2006 | 21 October 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
RX 470D has an age advantage of 10 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7500 LE and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.
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