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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 470
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AMD logo Radeon HD 5970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 logo AMD Radeon HD 5970 logo
General information GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5970
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 28.6 % 850 MHz 0 %
Effective Clock 3348 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 70.1 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 W 26.9 % 294 W 0 %
Length 254 mm 16.4 % 304 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5970
Overall Score 28326 0 % 24377 13.9 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8024 0 % 5942 25.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 405.2 4.2 % 422.8 0 %
Average DirectX performance 27.5 FPS 0 % 22.9 FPS 16.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 61.1 FPS 0 % 60.6 FPS 0.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 12.9 FPS 6.8 % 13.9 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 24.9 FPS 0 % 17.1 FPS 31.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 10.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 1018.1 operations/s 66.1 % 3002.8 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 5970.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.6 FPS 46.4 FPS
High settings 101.9 FPS 83.5 FPS
Medium settings 122.3 FPS 100.2 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 140.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.1 %

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 5970.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 470 Radeon HD 5970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 46.5 FPS 39.6 FPS
High settings 83.7 FPS 71.4 FPS
Medium settings 100.4 FPS 85.6 FPS
Low settings 140.5 FPS 119.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.7 %
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