GeForce MX150 vs GTX 470

Place in performance ranking	483	557
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.13	1.14
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GF100	N17S-G1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 April 2010 (14 years ago)	16 May 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data
Current price	$9.98 (0x MSRP)	$1049

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 470 has 613% better value for money than GeForce MX150.

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
CUDA cores	448	no data
Core clock speed	607 MHz	1468 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1532 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	25 Watt (10 - 25 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion/sec	24.91
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	1,127 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce MX150 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.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins	None
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)	6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB/s	40.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

GTX 470 8.04
+36.3%

GeForce MX150 5.90

GTX 470 outperforms MX150 by 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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 3106
+36.3%

GeForce MX150 2278

GTX 470 outperforms MX150 by 36% in Passmark.

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

GeForce MX150 4494
+3.5%

MX150 outperforms GTX 470 by 4% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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
+52.4%

GeForce MX150 10992

GTX 470 outperforms MX150 by 52% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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

GeForce MX150 3488
+26.5%

MX150 outperforms GTX 470 by 26% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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
+34.6%

GeForce MX150 19132

GTX 470 outperforms MX150 by 35% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 10988
+16%

GeForce MX150 9469

GTX 470 outperforms MX150 by 16% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p	52 +48.6%	35−40 −48.6%
Full HD	67 +139%	28 −139%
1200p	53 +51.4%	35−40 −51.4%
1440p	40−45 +33.3%	30 −33.3%
4K	27−30 +28.6%	21 −28.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	no data
Battlefield 5	24−27	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	21−24	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	no data
Battlefield 5	24−27	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	21−24	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	14−16	no data
Hitman 3	10−12	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18	no data
Metro Exodus	10−11	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7	no data
Hitman 3	4−5	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	4−5	no data
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9	no data
Metro Exodus	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

no data

This is how GTX 470 and GeForce MX150 compete in popular games:

GTX 470 is 49% faster in 900p
GTX 470 is 139% faster in 1080p
GTX 470 is 51% faster in 1200p
GTX 470 is 33% faster in 1440p
GTX 470 is 29% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.04	5.90
Recency	12 April 2010	16 May 2017
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	25 Watt