Playstation 3 RSX 40nm vs GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGF100RSX-CXD5302
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data4 October 2012 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores448no data
Core clock speed608 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate34.0513.20

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB256 MB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3.3 GB/s1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/s22.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3aNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 256 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 35 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition
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