AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 PhysX Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Baffin | GT215 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Baffin PRO | GT215-400-A2 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 727 million |
| Die size | 123 mm² | 144 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Oct 30th, 2016 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Pro Mac (400 Series) | — |
| Production | Active | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 855 MHz | 608 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1270 MHz 5.1 Gbps effective | 837 MHz 3.3 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1215 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 1280 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 320 bit |
| Bandwidth | 81.28 GB/s | 133.9 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 768 | 448 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 48 | 56 |
| ROPs | 16 | 40 |
| Compute units | 12 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 1024 KB | 640 KB |
| SM count | — | 14 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 13.68 GPixel/s | 17.02 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 41.04 GTexel/s | 34.05 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 1,313 GFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,313 GFLOPS | 1,089 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 82.08 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 215 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x mini-HDMI |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Suggested PSU | — | 550 W |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Never Released |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 400 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 48 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 500 |
