Quadro 4000 Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 7470A
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Caicos | GF100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 5 January 2012 (13 years ago) | 12 June 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,199 |
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 | 160 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 3,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 142 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | 15.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2 TFLOPS | 0.4864 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
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).
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1792 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 702 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 89.86 GB/s |
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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2012 | 12 June 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1792 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 142 Watt |
HD 7470A has an age advantage of 6 months, and 468% lower power consumption.
4000 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 250% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7470A and Quadro 4000 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7470A is a notebook graphics card while Quadro 4000 Mac Edition is a workstation one.
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