FireStream 9270 vs Radeon HD 6470M

Place in performance ranking	1168	690
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Seymour XT	RV770
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	13 November 2008 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$569.99	no data
Current price	$201 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	160	800
Core clock speed	700 / 750 MHz	750 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.600	30.00
Floating-point performance	224 gflops	1,200.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6470M and FireStream 9270 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 6-pin

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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	115.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

1x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

HD 6470M 0.59

FireStream 9270 3.47
+488%

FireStream 9270 outperforms Radeon HD 6470M by 488% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6470M 227

FireStream 9270 1341
+491%

FireStream 9270 outperforms Radeon HD 6470M by 491% in Passmark.

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	10 −450%	55−60 +450%
Full HD	11 −445%	60−65 +445%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−433%

16−18

+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Hitman 3	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −483%	70−75 +483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Hitman 3	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −483%	70−75 +483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −483%	70−75 +483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −483%	35−40 +483%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%