CMP 90HX 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 ranking624not 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)28 July 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 cores2886400
Core clock speed535 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate25.68342.0
Floating-point processing power0.6163 TFLOPS21.89 TFLOPS
ROPs2480
TMUs48200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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 data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB10 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth60.0 GB/s760.3 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 28 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 10 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 320 Watt

GTX 470M has 326.7% lower power consumption.

CMP 90HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 566.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470M and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470M is a notebook card while CMP 90HX is a workstation one.


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