Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms GeForce GTX 470 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 636 days newer than GeForce GTX 470.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
- Consumes up to 14% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 215 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 28% better in No Man's Sky than GeForce GTX 470 - 77 vs 60 FPS
- Up to 140% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 3 vs 1.25 GB
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 470
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 470
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
17.02 GPixel/s
57%
Texel Fillrate
34.05 GTexel/s
28%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26th, 2010 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 400 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$349 | MSRP | $549 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.25 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 320-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 133.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
| 608 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 837 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
