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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 470
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6850

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 logo AMD Radeon HD 6850 logo
General information GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 6850
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 1280 MB 0 % 1024 MB 20 %
Core Clock 607 MHz 21.7 % 775 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3348 MHz 0 % 1100 MHz 67.1 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 W 0 % 127 W 40.9 %
Length 254 mm 2.3 % 260 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 6850
Overall Score 28326 0 % 22567 20.3 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8024 0 % 5093 36.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 405.2 5.8 % 430.1 0 %
Average DirectX performance 27.5 FPS 0 % 19.3 FPS 29.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 61.1 FPS 0 % 49.5 FPS 18.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 12.9 FPS 7.3 % 14 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 24.9 FPS 0 % 13.9 FPS 44.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 10.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1018.1 operations/s 0 % 889.5 operations/s 12.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 470, Radeon HD 6850.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.6 FPS 41.7 FPS
High settings 101.9 FPS 75.1 FPS
Medium settings 122.3 FPS 90.1 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 126.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 470, Radeon HD 6850.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 46.5 FPS 36.5 FPS
High settings 83.7 FPS 65.8 FPS
Medium settings 100.4 FPS 78.9 FPS
Low settings 140.5 FPS 110.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.4 %
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