GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon HD 6470M

Place in performance ranking	1170	31
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	25.96
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Seymour XT	Ampere GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	16 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$569.99	$499
Current price	$201 (0.4x MSRP)	$662 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6470M and RTX 3070 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	5888
Core clock speed	700 / 750 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1725 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.600	317.4
Floating-point performance	224 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6470M and GeForce RTX 3070 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 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	448.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.5

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

RTX 3070 57.97
+9725%

GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon HD 6470M by 9725% 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: 26%

HD 6470M 227

RTX 3070 22384
+9761%

GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon HD 6470M by 9761% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6470M 535

RTX 3070 43005
+7938%

GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon HD 6470M by 7938% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6470M 1706

RTX 3070 88744
+5102%

GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms Radeon HD 6470M by 5102% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 −9400%	950−1000 +9400%
Full HD	11 −1218%	145 +1218%
1440p	1−2 −9800%	99 +9800%
4K	0−1	64

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−4800%

147
+4800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −3025%	125 +3025%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3533%	100−110 +3533%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −4533%	139 +4533%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −13900%	140−150 +13900%
Hitman 3	2−3 −5350%	109 +5350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3500%	288 +3500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −6120%	311 +6120%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −1110%	121 +1110%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −2575%	107 +2575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3533%	100−110 +3533%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −4100%	126 +4100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −13900%	140−150 +13900%
Hitman 3	2−3 −4900%	100 +4900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2800%	230−240 +2800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −5000%	255 +5000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −5650%	230 +5650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −1680%	178 +1680%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −1925%	81 +1925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3533%	100−110 +3533%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3300%	102 +3300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2163%	181 +2163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −4360%	223 +4360%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −2925%	121 +2925%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −750%	85 +750%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

4−5

−3500%

144
+3500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	68
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2200%	90−95 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −6100%	62 +6100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1500%	96 +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −4767%	146 +4767%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−3700%

114
+3700%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn

4−5

−2100%

85−90
+2100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4700%	48 +4700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	43
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2125%	89 +2125%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3350%

69
+3350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100 +0%	100 +0%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	118 +0%	118 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87 +0%	87 +0%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	133 +0%	133 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	117 +0%	117 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78 +0%	78 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

116

+0%

116

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65 +0%	65 +0%
Far Cry 5	119 +0%	119 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	101 +0%	101 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	166 +0%	166 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	66 +0%	66 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Hitman 3	52 +0%	52 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62 +0%	62 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90 +0%	90 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +0%	30 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Metro Exodus	71 +0%	71 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 +0%	38 +0%

This is how HD 6470M and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

RTX 3070 is 9400% faster in 900p
RTX 3070 is 1218% faster in 1080p
RTX 3070 is 9800% faster in 1440p

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

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3070 is 13900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3070 is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.59	57.97
Recency	6 January 2011	16 September 2020
Cost	$569.99	$499
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm

RTX 3070 has a 9725.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, its recommended price lower by $70.99, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6470M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6470M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop one.

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