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    GeForce GTX 470M vs Radeon HD 7950

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon HD 7950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon HD 7950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 470M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 470M 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 GeForce GTX 470M here:

    GeForce GTX 470M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Radeon HD 7950
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 3 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7950 has 166% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 470M.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 470M has 1533 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTX 470M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 470M and Radeon HD 7950 is 1250 MHz.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than GeForce GTX 470M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 470M Radeon HD 7950
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name N11E-GT Tahiti
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 November 2010 31 January 2012
    Pipelines 288 1792
    Core clock speed 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 1250 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 19.7 billion/sec 89.60
    Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops 2,867 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 API
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    PowerTune +
    ZeroCore +
    Design reference
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    CrossFire +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
    Compute units 28
    AppAcceleration +
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