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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M is a graphics card released on September 3, 2010, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 1.5 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus, 60.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 550 MHz and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 1,953 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF104

8/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

1.5 GB

GDDR5 · 192-bit

Boost clock

n/a

550 MHz base

Board power

50 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M scores 1,953 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,007), measured across 8 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 413.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,953

Rank #1,007
Faster than 65.8% of 2,658 GPUs
8 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 44 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 55.3% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 39% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 44.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 8 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 29.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 837 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 42.6% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M averages DirectX 9 44 fps, DirectX 10 6 fps, DirectX 11 16 fps, DirectX 12 8 fps and GPU Compute 837 ops/s, across 8 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1.5 GB

Core clock 550 MHz

Memory clock 2500 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 50 W

First benchmarked 2010-12-22

Samples 8

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1.5 GB of memory, a core clock of 550 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2010-12-22. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF104

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF104 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 550 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M runs at a base clock of 550 MHz.

Memory

Size 1.5 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 192-bit

Bandwidth 60.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M is equipped with 1.5 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 60.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched September 3, 2010

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M was released on September 3, 2010.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,953

PassMark G2D 413

Rank #1,007

Samples 8

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M has 1.5 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 60.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M has a board power rating of 50 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M scores 1,953 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,007. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 8 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M was released on September 3, 2010.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF104 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.