Radeon HD 7540D IGP vs GeForce GTX 470
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 571 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.21 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.69 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Scrapper |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 March 2010 (15 years ago) | 2 October 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $67 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 448 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 607 MHz | 760 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 1,303 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 215 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 34.05 | 9.120 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.089 TFLOPS | 0.2918 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 4 |
| TMUs | 56 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 640 KB | no data |
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).
| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 133.9 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 March 2010 | 2 October 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 215 Watt | 65 Watt |
HD 7540D IGP has an age advantage of 2 years, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 230.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon HD 7540D IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
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