Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M is 760 days newer than GeForce GTX 470.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- Performs up to 10% better in Saints Row than GeForce GTX 470 - 44 vs 40 FPS
- Consumes up to 53% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 100 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
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010
Pixel Fillrate
17.02 GPixel/s
62%
Texel Fillrate
34.05 GTexel/s
50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
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Mar 26th, 2010 | Release Date | Apr 24th, 2012 |
GeForce 400 | Generation | London |
$349 | MSRP | Not Available |
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | None |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Mobile |
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 | 850 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
837 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1200 MHz |