NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 is a high-end desktop graphics card of the Fermi generation. It is based on the GF100 chip and offers only 448 of the 512 available CUDA cores. The similar named laptop graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTX 470M is definately slower as it offers only 288 shaders and reduced clock speeds.

The performance of the GTX470 is usually enough for the highest settings and Full HD resolution. However, very demanding games in our benchmarks like Witcher 2, Far Cry 2 or Metro 2033 were not playable at the highes settings with Antialiasing. See the benchmarks below for more details.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce GTX 400 Series

GeForce GTX 480

480 cores @ 700 MHz384 Bit @ 1848 MHz
GeForce GTX 470 448 cores @ 607 MHz320 Bit @ 1676 MHz

GeForce GTX 460 768MB

336 cores @ 675 MHz192 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameGF100
ArchitectureFermi
Pipelines448 - unified
Core Speed *607 MHz
Shader Speed *1215 MHz
Memory Speed *1676 MHz
Memory Bus Width320 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory1280 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Current Consumption225 Watt
Transistors3000 Million
technology40 nm
FeaturesDirectX11, OpenGL 4.2, 3D Vision, PhysX, CUDA
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement12.04.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark (2013) - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 162190     avg: 177491.5 (63%)     max: 192793 Points
3DMark (2013) - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 25111     avg: 25757 (55%)     max: 26403 Points
3DMark (2013) - Fire Strike Standard Graphics 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 2747     avg: 2757.5 (40%)     max: 2768 Points
3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 4267     avg: 4652.8 (36%)     max: 4822 points
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 4017     avg: 4292.6 (30%)     max: 4393 points
...
GeForce GTX 560 Ti -7%
Radeon HD 6870 -2%
GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 480 17%
GeForce GTX 570 17%
GeForce GTX 580 41%
...
0%
100%
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 14400     avg: 16598.2 (45%)     max: 18100 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 15048     avg: 15314.5 (35%)     max: 15484 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 18497     avg: 22904.6 (78%)     max: 25881 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 30098     avg: 30605.5 (83%)     max: 31113 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 70644     avg: 73867 (49%)     max: 75793 Points
3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 53506     avg: 53506 (87%)     max: 53506 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 59.9     avg: 62.4 (41%)     max: 64.8 fps
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 10435     avg: 19982.4 (76%)     max: 23183 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 5432     avg: 5432 (50%)     max: 5432 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 7.8     avg: 7.8 (99%)     max: 7.8 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 7.8     avg: 7.8 (99%)     max: 7.8 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

BioShock Infinite
low:
162.3  fps      Compare
med.:
111.5  fps      Compare
high:
100.9  fps      Compare
ultra:
32.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
low:
265  fps      Compare
med.:
107  fps      Compare
high:
96  fps      Compare
ultra:
56  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
SimCity
SimCity (2013)
low:
166  fps      Compare
ultra:
39  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider (2013)
low:
305.6  fps      Compare
med.:
155.5  fps      Compare
high:
115.2  fps      Compare
ultra:
44.1  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Crysis 3 (2013): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 (2013)
low:
405  fps      Compare
med.:
206  fps      Compare
high:
156  fps      Compare
ultra:
90  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3 (2012)
high:
61.5  fps      Compare
ultra:
19.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Assassin´s Creed III (2012): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
high:
75  fps      Compare
ultra:
35  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Dishonored (2012): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings ultra. - more...
World of Tanks v8
low:
118  fps      Compare
med.:
80  fps      Compare
high:
72  fps      Compare
ultra:
52  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Fifa 13 (2012): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings ultra. - more...
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3 (2012)
low:
84  fps      Compare
med.:
84  fps      Compare
high:
53  fps      Compare
ultra:
41  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Dirt Showdown (2012): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Diablo III
Diablo III (2012)
low:
241  fps      Compare
med.:
174  fps      Compare
high:
110  fps      Compare
ultra:
80  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Risen 2: Dark Waters
low:
117  fps      Compare
med.:
96  fps      Compare
high:
74  fps      Compare
ultra:
35  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Mass Effect 3
ultra:
60  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Alan Wake
Alan Wake (2012)
low:
127  fps      Compare
med.:
79  fps      Compare
ultra:
34  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011)
low:
86  fps      Compare
high:
71  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Anno 2070
Anno 2070 (2011)
low:
292  fps      Compare
med.:
145  fps      Compare