AMD Radeon HD 7470A vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

General info

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

Place in performance rating	939	not rated
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G94	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2008 (15 years old)	5 January 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data
Current price	$300 (1.7x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	160
CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	96 Watt	25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion/sec	5.000
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	200.0 gflops

Dimensions and compatibility

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

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	21 February 2008	5 January 2012
Memory bus width	256	64
Memory bandwidth	57.6	12.8
Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	160
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	96 Watt	25 Watt

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