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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 @ 700 MHz384 Bit @ 1848 MHz
GeForce GTX 470 448 @ 607 MHz320 Bit @ 1676 MHz
GeForce GTX 460 768MB 336 @ 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
Power Consumption225 Watt
Transistors3000 Million
technology40 nm
FeaturesDirectX11, OpenGL 4.2, 3D Vision, PhysX, CUDA
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 - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
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min: 2747     avg: 2757.5 (7%)     median: 2757.5 (7%)     max: 2768 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
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min: 2394     avg: 2396 (10%)     median: 2396 (10%)     max: 2398 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
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min: 25111     avg: 25757 (16%)     median: 25757 (16%)     max: 26403 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
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min: 14772     avg: 14953.5 (30%)     median: 14953.5 (30%)     max: 15135 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
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min: 162190     avg: 177492 (24%)     median: 177492 (24%)     max: 192793 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
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min: 2460     avg: 2460 (11%)     median: 2460 (11%)     max: 2460 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
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min: 288     avg: 288 (5%)     median: 288 (5%)     max: 288 Samples/s
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
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min: 610     avg: 610 (6%)     median: 610 (6%)     max: 610 Samples/s
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
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min: 4017     avg: 4292.6 (8%)     median: 4342 (9%)     max: 4393 points
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   - Hide comparison chart
3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
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min: 4267     avg: 4652.8 (16%)     median: 4718 (16%)     max: 4822 points
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
P Result 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
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min: 30098     avg: 30605.5 (65%)     median: 30605.5 (65%)     max: 31113 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
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min: 70644     avg: 73867 (41%)     median: 75164 (41%)     max: 75793 Points
+ 3 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
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min: 53506     avg: 53506 (56%)     median: 53506 (56%)     max: 53506 Points
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
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min: 59.9     avg: 62.4 (28%)     median: 62.4 (28%)     max: 64.8 fps
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
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min: 10435     avg: 19982.4 (66%)     median: 21003.5 (69%)     max: 23183 Points
+ 12 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
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min: 7.8     avg: 7.8 (99%)     median: 7.8 (99%)     max: 7.8 points
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
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min: 7.8     avg: 7.8 (99%)     median: 7.8 (99%)     max: 7.8 points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
- 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.

Company of Heroes 2
low 1024x768
55.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
48.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
34.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
BioShock Infinite
low 1280x720
162.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
111.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
100.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
32.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
low 1024x768
265  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
107  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
96  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
56  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
SimCity

SimCity

2013
low 1024x768
166  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
39  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Tomb Raider
low 1024x768
305.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
155.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
115.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
44.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Dead Space 3
low 1024x768
405  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
206  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
156  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
90  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

2012
high 1366x768
61.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
high 1366x768
75  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
35  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
World of Tanks v8
low 1024x768
118  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
80  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
72  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
52  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Max Payne 3
low 1024x768
84  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
84  fps    + Compare