GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 470 stacks up against Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 470 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 12-45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 470 has 1691% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • GeForce GTX 470 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 470 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 470 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 3−4
ultra / 1080p 10−11 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 21−24 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 470 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 470 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GF100 Bristol Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 12 April 2010 1 June 2016
Pipelines 448 384
Core clock speed 1215 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 34.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,088.6 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 320 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidth 133.9 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 448
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 97 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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