AMD Radeon HD 6470M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Radeon HD 6470M videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 January 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $569.99. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Seymour.

Core clock speed - 700 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 160. Floating-point performance - 224 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 370 million.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 12.8 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
228
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
105
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
2.282 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
112.819 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.276 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
5.671 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
23.025 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
589 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1251 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1881 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
589.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1251.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1881.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 228
PassMark - G2D Mark 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 2.282 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 112.819 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.276 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 5.671 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 23.025 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 589 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1251 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1881 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 589.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1251.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1881.000 Fps

Games performance

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72017.90

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76830.85
High, 1366x76820.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768148.90
Medium, 1360x76830.10
High, 1360x76821.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.75

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60029.20
Medium, 1360x76818.70
High, 1600x9009.70
Ultra, 1920x10804.10

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x60050.75
Medium, 1024x76825.75
High, 1280x102416.80

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x76854.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480175.00
High, 1024x76845.10
Ultra, 1920x108015.70

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x60052.70
Medium, 1024x76839.70

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x76846.80
Medium, 1024x76835.70
High, 1024x76826.70
Ultra, 1920x108013.20

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76879.80
Medium, 1024x76837.05
High, 1024x76818.60
Ultra, 1920x10804.90

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600133.00
Medium, 1024x76849.50
High, 1024x76825.00
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768119.70

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600125.90
Medium, 1024x76863.40
High, 1280x102428.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Seymour
Launch date 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $569.99
Place in performance rating 1587
Price now $569.99
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 0.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 224 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 160
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0