GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking109not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.25no data
Power efficiency17.01no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTU104GF100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2304448
Core clock speed1005 MHz608 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate222.534.05
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPSno data
ROPs6440
TMUs14456
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1280 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz3.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s133.9 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.52.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 215 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 540% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 34.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 4000 and GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition is a desktop one.


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