Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GF100	Spectre Lite
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	17 February 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price	no data	$462

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 cores	448	384
Core clock speed	608 MHz	554 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	34.05	13.30

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition and Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	320 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	3.3 GB/s	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB/s	no data

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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.0	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	System Shared
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	90 Watt

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