GeForce 405M vs Radeon RX 470

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	316	not rated
Place by popularity	45	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.65	no data
Power efficiency	12.40	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 August 2016 (9 years ago)	5 January 2011 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data

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	2048	16
Core clock speed	926 MHz	606 MHz
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	154.4	4.848
Floating-point processing power	4.94 TFLOPS	0.03878 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	73
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	128	8
L1 Cache	512 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	32 KB

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	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	Up to 512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1650 MHz	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	211.2 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	+	-
Power management	no data	8.0

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 API
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 August 2016	5 January 2011
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	14 Watt

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