RTX A1000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 470

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 470 with RTX A1000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 470
2010
1280 MB GDDR5, 215 Watt
8.09

RTX A1000 Mobile outperforms GTX 470 by a whopping 207% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking519224
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.34no data
Power efficiency2.5928.51
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF100GA107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4482048
Core clock speed607 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1140 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt60 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate34.0572.96
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPS4.669 TFLOPS
ROPs4032
TMUs5664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB4 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1674 MHz (3348 data rate)1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/s176.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 470 8.09
RTX A1000 Mobile 24.85
+207%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 470 3110
RTX A1000 Mobile 9552
+207%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 470 4342
RTX A1000 Mobile 15135
+249%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 470 16753
RTX A1000 Mobile 58312
+248%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 470 2758
RTX A1000 Mobile 11321
+311%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 470 25757
RTX A1000 Mobile 70880
+175%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p55
−191%
160−170
+191%
Full HD63
−6.3%
67
+6.3%
1200p53
−202%
160−170
+202%
1440p8−9
−238%
27
+238%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.54no data
1440p43.63no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−313%
66
+313%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−281%
61
+281%
Elden Ring 21−24
−173%
60
+173%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−192%
75−80
+192%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−213%
50
+213%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−56.3%
25
+56.3%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−241%
109
+241%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−210%
65−70
+210%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−145%
50−55
+145%
Valorant 27−30
−257%
100−105
+257%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−192%
75−80
+192%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−163%
42
+163%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−12.5%
18
+12.5%
Dota 2 27−30
−238%
98
+238%
Elden Ring 21−24
−268%
80−85
+268%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−111%
74
+111%
Fortnite 45−50
−160%
120−130
+160%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−172%
87
+172%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
−225%
91
+225%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+31.3%
16
−31.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
−144%
150−160
+144%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−145%
50−55
+145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−220%
80−85
+220%
Valorant 27−30
−257%
100−105
+257%
World of Tanks 120−130
−111%
250−260
+111%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−192%
75−80
+192%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−119%
35
+119%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+6.7%
15
−6.7%
Dota 2 64
−106%
132
+106%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−117%
75−80
+117%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−138%
76
+138%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
−144%
150−160
+144%
Valorant 27−30
−257%
100−105
+257%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 9−10
−356%
40−45
+356%
Elden Ring 10−12
−300%
40−45
+300%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
−320%
40−45
+320%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
−338%
170−180
+338%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−229%
21−24
+229%
World of Tanks 55−60
−183%
160−170
+183%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−324%
70−75
+324%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−313%
65−70
+313%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−338%
55−60
+338%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−260%
35−40
+260%
Valorant 20−22
−235%
65−70
+235%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Dota 2 18−20
−126%
40−45
+126%
Elden Ring 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
−139%
40−45
+139%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−375%
18−20
+375%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−230%
75−80
+230%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−139%
40−45
+139%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−271%
24−27
+271%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Dota 2 18−20
−126%
40−45
+126%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−230%
30−35
+230%
Fortnite 8−9
−288%
30−35
+288%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−322%
35−40
+322%
Valorant 8−9
−300%
30−35
+300%

This is how GTX 470 and RTX A1000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A1000 Mobile is 191% faster in 900p
  • RTX A1000 Mobile is 6% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A1000 Mobile is 202% faster in 1200p
  • RTX A1000 Mobile is 238% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 470 is 31% faster.
  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A1000 Mobile is 1000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 470 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • RTX A1000 Mobile is ahead in 61 test (97%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.09 24.85
Recency 26 March 2010 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 60 Watt

RTX A1000 Mobile has a 207.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 220% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 258.3% lower power consumption.

The RTX A1000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 470 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470 is a desktop card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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