HD Graphics 405 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

Place in the ranking	1363	1165
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.37	8.34
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code name	M82	Braswell GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2008 (16 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)

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	40	128
Core clock speed	680 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	181 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	6 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.720	9.600
Floating-point processing power	0.0544 TFLOPS	0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	4	16

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

MXM-II

Ring Bus

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	DDR2	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.3
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	+

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:

Full HD

4−5

−275%

15
+275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −10.7%	30−35 +10.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −10.7%	30−35 +10.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −10.7%	30−35 +10.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

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

+0%

2−3

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3470 and HD Graphics 405 compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 405 is 275% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the HD Graphics 405 is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 405 is ahead in 26 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.24	0.73
Recency	7 January 2008	1 April 2015
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	6 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has a 204.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 405 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3470 in performance tests.

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