GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 860M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 860M, which has GPU core speed of 797 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 860M		4340 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 1403 (48%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (378%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 470 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 860M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 69920 (109%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M will be a lot (about 125%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42520 (125%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 470 is superior to the GeForce GTX 860M, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11528 (90%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.