Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7850 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 7850 is 710 days newer than GeForce GTX 470.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Performs up to 10% better in Saints Row than GeForce GTX 470 - 44 vs 40 FPS
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 130 vs 215 Watts
- Up to 60% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 2 vs 1.25 GB
Saints Row
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 7850
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 470
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
17.02 GPixel/s
61%
Texel Fillrate
34.05 GTexel/s
61%
Radeon HD 7850
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26th, 2010 | Release Date | Mar 5th, 2012 |
| GeForce 400 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $349 | MSRP | $249 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1.25 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 320-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 133.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s |
| 608 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 860 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 837 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1200 MHz |
