The AMD Radeon HD 6470M [sometimes also still called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6470] is a laptop graphics card for entry level to middle class notebooks. It should be based on the Seymore-XT chip and therefore feature the UVD 3 video decoder. Compared to the faster HD 6490M, the 6470M only supports slower DDR3 graphics memory.
The 120 Stream processors should be still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance should be improved [like the desktop 6800 series] with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.
The performance should be somewhere between the HD6370M [renamed 5470] that features less shaders and the HD5650. Therefore, all current games should run in low detail settings fluently.
The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec [MVC] and MPEG-4 part 2 [DivX, xVid] HD videos on the graphics card.
Furthermore, the HD 6400M series integrates a HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio [TrueHD or DTS Master Audio] over HDMI and DisplayPort [e.g. for Blu-Ray videos].
The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays [integrated and external]. However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.
Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.
The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and therefore suited for 13" laptops and up.
NVIDIA NVS 3100M
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The Nvidia NVS 3100M or Nvidia Quadro NVS 3100M is a business graphics card that is based on the GT218 core [e.g. GeForce G210M / 310M] but with drivers that are optimized for stability and compatibility in business applications].
Therefore, it is an entry level graphics card with low 3D performance that should be sufficient for low end games and demanding games in very low detail settings and resolutions. For example the old FEAR ran on a G210M in medium to high details fluently. Still, because of the "business drivers" and the slightly lower clock rate, the gaming performance of the NVS3100M may be worse.
The NVS 3100M supports PureVideo HD [with Video Processor VP4] to decode HD videos in the formats H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP using the GPU. This helps reducing the CPU load and should lead to higher battery runtimes when viewing HD videos.
The chip should also support CUDA and DirectX Compute to access the computing power of the graphics card for general tasks [like encoding a video].
The power consumption of approx. 14 Watt [TDP of G210M] is relatively high for a business notebook, but compared to integrated graphic cards, the NVS 3100M should still provide more 3D performance.
Benchmarks
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
low 1024x768
med. 1366x768
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 31 fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 20 fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 82 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 37 fps
high 1360x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 24 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 13 fps
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1366x768
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 6 fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1280x720
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
low 1024x768
med. 1360x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
low 800x600
med. 1360x768
high 1600x900
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 1024x768
med. 1366x768
high 1366x768
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 9 fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 30 fps
high 1366x768
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1366x768
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 9 fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1360x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 19 fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
86%
NVS 3100M:
~ 37 fps
med. 1024x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 1024x768
ultra 1280x1024
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 21 fps
57%
NVS 3100M:
~ 12 fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 51 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 26 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 17 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 640x480
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
239%
NVS 3100M:
~ 126 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
146%
NVS 3100M:
~ 58 fps
high 1280x1024
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 80 fps
69%
NVS 3100M:
~ 55 fps
med. 1024x768
54%
NVS 3100M:
~ 20 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 19 fps
58%
NVS 3100M:
~ 11 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 1024x768
69%
NVS 3100M:
~ 49 fps
med. 1024x768
53%
NVS 3100M:
~ 20 fps
high 1024x768
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 133 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 50 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 25 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
~ 8 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
low 640x480
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
high 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 6470M:
fps
Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 6470M → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA NVS 3100M → 84%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 83%
NVIDIA NVS 3100Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K461817.9312082372413392720632.7157042291618611258323727201013330211431189.74.1423119974.2302413.4452115990.630.417.544.7191543321812.712121165.355.626.3119.547.431.417.15126175460598.344.423.417545.115.752.739.746.835.726.713.28037194.97138164.61335025816119.7125.963.428.6130.2103.5< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps1 13 9 88 14 2 21 5 2 19 1
NVIDIA NVS 3100Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K37255212126583655201149209.7< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 4
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