AMD Radeon HD 6470M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Seymour | G86 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Seymour XT (216-0810084) | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 127 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 4th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vancouver (HD 6400M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Manhattan | — |
| Successor | London | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 459 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 918 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 16 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 16 KB |
| SM count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.800 GPixel/s | 1.836 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.600 GTexel/s | 3.672 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 224.0 GFLOPS | 29.38 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 25 W | 21 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DMS-59 |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Length | — | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P538 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Oct 4th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro NVS |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 149 USD |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
