ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 vs ATI Mobility HD 5650

Place in the ranking	1005	1362
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.40	1.37
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Madison	M82
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	7 January 2008 (16 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 cores	400	40
Core clock speed	450 MHz	680 MHz
Boost clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	627 million	181 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.000	2.720
Floating-point processing power	0.36 TFLOPS	0.0544 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	20	4

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-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 type	GDDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/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:

900p	15 +650%	2−3 −650%
Full HD	16 +700%	2−3 −700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +17.9%	27−30 −17.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5650 and ATI Mobility HD 3470 compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 650% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 700% faster in 1080p

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5650 is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.40	0.24
Recency	7 January 2010	7 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5650 has a 483.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 3470, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3470 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.