GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 760 X2

GeForce GTX 470
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Mar 2010
GeForce GTX 470
GeForce GTX 760 X2
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 760 X2

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 470

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760 X2

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 760 X2

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 760 X2

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 760 X2
GPU NameGF100 (GF100-275-A3)vsGK104 (GK104-425-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size529 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors3,100 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders448vs1152
Compute Units14vs6
Core clock608 MHzvs1006 MHz
ROPs40vs32
TMUs56vs96

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 760 X2
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width320 bitvs256 bit x2
Memory Speed837 MHz
3348 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size1280 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 470GeForce GTX 760 X2
TDP215 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date26 Mar 2010vs19 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 470
    17.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 760 X2
    48.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 470
    34.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 760 X2
    193.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 470
    134.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 760 X2
    384.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 470
    1089.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 760 X2
    4636.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better