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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 470
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 logo AMD Radeon HD 5870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5870
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 37.5 % 2048 MB 0 %
Core Clock 607 MHz 30.6 % 875 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3348 MHz 0 % 1200 MHz 64.2 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 W 5.7 % 228 W 0 %
Length 254 mm 9 % 279 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5870
Overall Score 28336 0 % 23931 15.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8029 0 % 5727 28.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 406.4 0.5 % 408.4 0 %
Average DirectX performance 27.6 FPS 0 % 20.5 FPS 25.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 61.1 FPS 0 % 52 FPS 14.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 13.1 FPS 18.3 % 16 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 25 FPS 0 % 14.1 FPS 43.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 11.1 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1006.9 operations/s 2.8 % 1036 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 470, Radeon HD 5870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.2 FPS 44.8 FPS
High settings 101.2 FPS 80.7 FPS
Medium settings 121.4 FPS 96.8 FPS
Low settings 170.0 FPS 135.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.2 %

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 5870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 46.3 FPS 38.8 FPS
High settings 83.4 FPS 69.8 FPS
Medium settings 100.1 FPS 83.7 FPS
Low settings 140.1 FPS 117.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.3 %
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