ATI Mobility Radeon 7500C vs ATI HD 3470
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1397 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.73 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | RV620 | M7 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 January 2008 (17 years ago) | 1 December 2001 (24 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 | 40 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 230 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 181 million | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 27 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 0.46 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.064 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 1 |
| TMUs | 4 | 2 |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
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 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 950 MHz | 183 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 15.2 GB/s | 2.928 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 January 2008 | 1 December 2001 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 27 Watt |
ATI HD 3470 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.
ATI Mobility 7500C, on the other hand, has 11.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3470 and Mobility Radeon 7500C. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 3470 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon 7500C is a notebook one.
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