ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 vs Quadro NVS 140M

Place in the ranking	1391	1365
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.38	1.38
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	G86	M82
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	9 May 2007 (17 years ago)	7 January 2008 (17 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	16	40
Core clock speed	400 MHz	680 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	181 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	12 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	2.720
Floating-point processing power	0.0256 TFLOPS	0.0544 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	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).

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	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	9.6 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	11.1 (10_0)	10.1
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 140M 0.20

ATI Mobility HD 3470 0.24
+20%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 140M 78

ATI Mobility HD 3470 93
+19.2%

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 HD

−16.7%

7−8
+16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
World of Tanks	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

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	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

This is how NVS 140M and ATI Mobility HD 3470 compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 3470 is 17% faster in 1080p

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 3470 is 20% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 3470 is ahead in 3 tests (10%)
there's a draw in 27 tests (90%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.20	0.24
Recency	9 May 2007	7 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	12 Watt

NVS 140M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 20% lower power consumption.

ATI Mobility HD 3470, on the other hand, has a 20% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 3470 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 140M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 140M is a mobile workstation card while Mobility Radeon HD 3470 is a mobile workstation one.

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