AMD Radeon HD 8470D
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
AMD Radeon HD 8470D
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

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 8470D  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M.

930
Place in performance rating
986
Terascale 3
Architecture
G9x
Richland
Code name
G96C
Desktop
Type
Laptop
5 June 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
11 February 2009 (12 years ago)
$30
Price now
$110
0.26
Value for money
0.03
Richland
GPU code name
N10P-GV1
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 8470D  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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.

128
Pipelines
32
800 MHz
Core clock speed
500 MHz
no data
Transistor count
314 million
32 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
14 Watt
10.20
Texture fill rate
8.000
no data
Floating-point performance
80 gflops
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
850 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,303 million
Number of transistors
314 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
14 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 8470D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Laptop size
medium sized

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 8470D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
no data
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
+
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 8470D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

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

no data
PCI-E 2.0
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 8470D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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, Shader 5.0
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
no data
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8470D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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 8470D or NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8470D
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8470D
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8470D
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8470D
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8470D
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
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 8470D

0.51% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($30 vs $110)

More pipelines (128 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 55 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon HD 8470D or NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 8470D .

AMD Radeon HD 8470D versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.1 Out of 14 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score