NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7790
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7790

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

357
Place in performance rating
367
7.03
Value for money (0-100)
19.80
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GF100
Code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 April 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
22 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$349
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$35 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$846 (5.7x MSRP)
8.13
Value for money
1.00
GF100
GPU code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

448
Pipelines
896
607 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
3,100 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
215 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
85 Watt
34.0 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
56.00
1,088.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,792 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
448
CUDA cores
no data
448
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
3,100 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
215 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
85 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Length
183 mm
Two 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
no data
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1280 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
320 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
133.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
DSR
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and AMD Radeon HD 7790 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 7790 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 7790
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 7790
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

0.42% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($35 (0.1x MSRP) vs $846 (5.7x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (1280 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (133.9 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7790

More pipelines (896 vs 448)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (85 Watt vs 215 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 7790?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 versus AMD Radeon HD 7790 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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