A10 PCIe vs GeForce GTX 470M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking621not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.67no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF104GA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date3 September 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 cores2889216
Core clock speed535 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate25.68488.2
Floating-point processing power0.6163 TFLOPS31.24 TFLOPS
ROPs2496
TMUs48288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS
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 amount1536 MB24 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth60.0 GB/s600.2 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 470M has 100% lower power consumption.

A10 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470M and A10 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470M is a notebook card while A10 PCIe is a workstation one.


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