RTX A5000 vs GeForce GTX 470M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 470M SLI with RTX A5000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 470M SLI
2010
6.65

RTX A5000 outperforms GTX 470M SLI by a whopping 787% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56837
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data17.65
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN11E-GTGA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 November 2010 (14 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores5768192
Core clock speed535 MHz1170 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data230 Watt
Texture fill rateno data433.9
Floating-point processing powerno data27.77 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 amountno data24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data768.0 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 Connectorsno data4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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:

900p66
−733%
550−600
+733%
Full HD75
−767%
650−700
+767%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Elden Ring 18−20
−733%
150−160
+733%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−752%
230−240
+752%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−742%
160−170
+742%
Valorant 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Dota 2 21−24
−770%
200−210
+770%
Elden Ring 18−20
−733%
150−160
+733%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−767%
260−270
+767%
Fortnite 35−40
−669%
300−310
+669%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−752%
230−240
+752%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
−770%
200−210
+770%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−733%
450−500
+733%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−742%
160−170
+742%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%
Valorant 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%
World of Tanks 100−110
−765%
900−950
+765%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Dota 2 21−24
−770%
200−210
+770%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−767%
260−270
+767%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−752%
230−240
+752%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
−733%
450−500
+733%
Valorant 21−24
−757%
180−190
+757%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
Elden Ring 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Grand Theft Auto V 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−689%
300−310
+689%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−700%
40−45
+700%
World of Tanks 45−50
−733%
400−450
+733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−764%
95−100
+764%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−733%
75−80
+733%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−700%
40−45
+700%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−733%
100−105
+733%
Metro Exodus 9−10
−733%
75−80
+733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Valorant 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 18−20
−733%
150−160
+733%
Elden Ring 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−742%
160−170
+742%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−733%
50−55
+733%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%
Dota 2 18−20
−733%
150−160
+733%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Fortnite 6−7
−733%
50−55
+733%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
Valorant 6−7
−733%
50−55
+733%

This is how GTX 470M SLI and RTX A5000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A5000 is 733% faster in 900p
  • RTX A5000 is 767% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.65 58.96
Recency 1 November 2010 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm

RTX A5000 has a 786.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 470M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470M SLI is a notebook card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.


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