NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 470 sales 12 April 2010 at a recommended price of $349 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Fermi architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.67 GHz are supplied, and together with 320 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 133.9 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm). Two 6-pins power connector is required, and power consumption is at 225 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 7.99% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 470: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking476
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money8.13
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF100
Market segmentDesktop
Release date12 April 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$349
Current price$9.98 (0x MSRP)of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 470's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 470's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores448of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores448
Core clock speed607 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors3,100 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology40 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature105 °C
Texture fill rate34.0 billion/secof 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance1,088.6 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 470 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Length9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsTwo 6-pins
SLI options+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 470: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1280 MBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width320 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed1674 MHz (3348 data rate)of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 470. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor support+
HDMI+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternal

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 470, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.2of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 470. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 470 3098

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 470 16753

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 470 4342

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 470 2758

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 470 25757

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 470 11042

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 470 44

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 470 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p52
Full HD64
1200p53

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
Battlefield 5 27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
Far Cry 5 18−20
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
Hitman 3 20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
Battlefield 5 27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
Far Cry 5 18−20
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
Hitman 3 20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
Metro Exodus 12−14
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
Battlefield 5 27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
Far Cry 5 18−20
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
Hitman 3 12−14
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
Metro Exodus 6−7
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
Battlefield 5 10−12
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
Far Cry 5 12−14
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
Hitman 3 7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
Metro Exodus 2−3
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
Battlefield 5 5−6
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 7−8
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3

Relative perfomance

GeForce GTX 470's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 470 is Radeon HD 7790, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 470:

AMD Bonaire 102.63
AMD Baffin 101.75
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 100

Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 470 according to our statistics.

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