Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7950 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 7950 is 676 days newer than GeForce GTX 470.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Performs up to 13% better in Grand Theft Auto V than GeForce GTX 470 - 80 vs 71 FPS
- Consumes up to 7% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 200 vs 215 Watts
- Up to 140% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 3 vs 1 GB
Grand Theft Auto V
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 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 470
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
17.02 GPixel/s
66.484375%
Texel Fillrate
34.05 GTexel/s
38.00223214285714%
Radeon HD 7950
Desktop • Jan 31st, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
25.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
89.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26th, 2010 | Release Date | Jan 31st, 2012 |
| GeForce 400 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$349 | MSRP | $449 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.25 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 320-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 133.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 608 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 837 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
