ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 vs GeForce GTX 285M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 285M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 3470, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 285M SLI
2009
2 GB GDDR3, 150 Watt
3.81
+1632%

285M SLI outperforms Mobility HD 3470 by a whopping 1632% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking7601441
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.951.41
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameN10E-GTXM82
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 March 2009 (16 years ago)7 January 2008 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25640
Core clock speed576 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million181 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.720
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0544 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4
L2 Cacheno data64 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataMXM-II

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1020 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1010.1
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD60
+1900%
3−4
−1900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Fortnite 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Valorant 50−55
+112%
24−27
−112%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 65−70
+475%
12−14
−475%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Dota 2 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Fortnite 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Forza Horizon 5 10−11 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Valorant 50−55
+112%
24−27
−112%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Dota 2 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Valorant 50−55
+112%
24−27
−112%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Valorant 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 7−8 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Valorant 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how GTX 285M SLI and ATI Mobility HD 3470 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 285M SLI is 1900% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 285M SLI is 1800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 285M SLI surpassed ATI Mobility HD 3470 in all 30 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.81 0.22
Recency 2 March 2009 7 January 2008
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 12 Watt

GTX 285M SLI has a 1631.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

ATI Mobility HD 3470, on the other hand, has 1150% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 285M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3470 in performance tests.

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