Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6470M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 261 vs 226
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 261 vs 226

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
  • 13.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 12
  • 11x better floating-point performance: 224 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 105 vs 35
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1251 vs 1137
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1251 vs 1137
  • 18.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1881 vs 101
  • 18.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1881 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 160 vs 12
Floating-point performance 224 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 105 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1251 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1251 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1881 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1881 vs 101

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
261
226
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137
1251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137
1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101
1881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101
1881
Name Intel HD Graphics 3000 AMD Radeon HD 6470M
PassMark - G3D Mark 261 226
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1137 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1137 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 101 1881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 101 1881
Geekbench - OpenCL 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 589

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 3000 AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 6.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Sandy Bridge GT2 Seymour
Launch date 1 February 2011 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1604 1579
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $569.99
Price now $569.99
Value for money (0-100) 0.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 20.4 gflops 224 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 12 160
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s 5.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 995 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 10.1 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 3.1 4.4

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3