HD Graphics 400 vs Radeon HD 6470M

Place in the ranking	1200	1070
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	13.04
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	Seymour	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$569.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	160	96
Core clock speed	700 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	640 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.600	7.680
Floating-point processing power	0.224 TFLOPS	0.1229 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	12

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	PCIe 3.0 x1
Width	no data	IGP

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	DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.80

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 −80%	18−20 +80%
Full HD	12 −75%	21−24 +75%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

47.50

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FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −83.3%	55−60 +83.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −83.3%	55−60 +83.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −83.3%	55−60 +83.3%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

+0%

1−2
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

This is how HD 6470M and HD Graphics 400 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 400 is 80% faster in 900p
HD Graphics 400 is 75% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.59	1.13
Recency	4 January 2011	1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm

HD Graphics 400 has a 91.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics 400 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 HD Graphics 400 is a desktop one.

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