HD Graphics 405 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3470 and HD Graphics 405, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3470
2008
256 MB DDR2, 12 Watt
0.24

HD Graphics 405 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3470 by a whopping 208% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13691165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.388.51
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameM82Braswell GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2008 (17 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 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 cores40128
Core clock speed680 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data600 MHz
Number of transistors181 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate2.7209.600
Floating-point processing power0.0544 TFLOPS0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs42
TMUs416

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIRing Bus

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 typeDDR2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed400 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.3
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A+

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 HD4−5
−275%
15
+275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
World of Tanks 12−14
−58.3%
18−20
+58.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 0−1 2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 0−1 1−2

Full HD
High Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

World of Tanks 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3470 and HD Graphics 405 compete in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 405 is 275% faster in 1080p

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 405 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 405 is ahead in 17 tests (53%)
  • there's a draw in 15 tests (47%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.24 0.74
Recency 7 January 2008 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 6 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has a 208.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 405 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3470 in performance tests.


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