GeForce 8800 GTS 640 vs ATI Radeon HD 5470

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1172not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.53no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCedarG80
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 February 2012 (12 years ago)8 November 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores8096
Core clock speed650 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors292 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt143 Watt
Texture fill rate5.20024.62
Floating-point processing power0.104 TFLOPS0.2281 TFLOPS
ROPs420
TMUs824

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 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length170 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB640 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz792 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s63.36 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2012 8 November 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 640 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 143 Watt

ATI HD 5470 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 652.6% lower power consumption.

8800 GTS 640, on the other hand, has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5470 and GeForce 8800 GTS 640. We've got no test results to judge.


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