AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Khalidster | G71-GT2-H-N-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 196 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jan 5th, 2012 | Aug 6th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Southern Islands | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Northern Islands | GeForce 6 PCIe |
| Successor | Sea Islands | GeForce 8 |
| Reviews | — | 96 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 550 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 3.6 Gbps effective | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 28.80 GB/s | 44.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 24 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.000 GPixel/s | 8.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 6.000 GTexel/s | 13.20 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 240.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 1.100 GVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 198 mm 7.8 inches |
| TDP | 27 W | 65 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C264 | P455 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | — | 17 mm 0.7 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
