AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7470M and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 333 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
9.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 43
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 333 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	408 vs 43
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 163

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

393

163

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	393	163
Geekbench - OpenCL	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3074
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1422

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 8
Code name	Seymour	M10
Launch date	7 January 2012	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1035	1038
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	750 MHz	333 MHz
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	1.332 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0