AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI.

1692
Place in performance rating
354
0.05
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Fermi
Tahiti
Code name
N11E-GT
Desktop
Type
Laptop
22 June 2012
Release date
1 November 2010 (11 years ago)
$499
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$512
Price now
$149
reference
Design
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Value for money
5.57
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GPU code name
N11E-GT
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Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2048
Pipelines
576
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Core clock speed
535 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
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4,313 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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134.4
Texture fill rate
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4,301 gflops
Floating-point performance
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
576

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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274 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
PCIe 2.1 x16
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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384 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
1500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
288 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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Eyefinity
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HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CrossFire
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FreeSync
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 11
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.6
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

More pipelines (2048 vs 576)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI

12.53% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($149 vs $512)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI .

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

4.1 Out of 12 Hitesti Score
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