Radeon 780M vs HD 6470M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6470M and Radeon 780M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6470M
2011
512 MB DDR3
0.59

780M outperforms HD 6470M by a whopping 3007% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1205301
Place by popularitynot in top-10049
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiencyno data83.81
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSeymourHawx Point
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)6 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$569.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores160768
Core clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2700 MHz
Number of transistors370 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate5.600129.6
Floating-point processing power0.224 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs848
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.8
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6470M 0.59
Radeon 780M 18.33
+3007%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6470M 227
Radeon 780M 7064
+3012%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6470M 535
Radeon 780M 12785
+2290%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6470M 1706
Radeon 780M 41622
+2340%

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:

900p10
−2900%
300−350
+2900%
Full HD13
−169%
35
+169%
1440p0−118
4K-0−112

Cost per frame, $

1080p43.85no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1200%
39
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−925%
40−45
+925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1133%
35−40
+1133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−933%
31
+933%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−4800%
45−50
+4800%
Hitman 3 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−718%
90−95
+718%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−900%
60−65
+900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−190%
85−90
+190%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−925%
40−45
+925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1133%
35−40
+1133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−700%
24
+700%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−4800%
45−50
+4800%
Hitman 3 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−718%
90−95
+718%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−800%
54
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−320%
40−45
+320%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−190%
85−90
+190%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−925%
40−45
+925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1133%
35−40
+1133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−667%
23
+667%
Hitman 3 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−382%
53
+382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−667%
46
+667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−190%
29
+190%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
+66.7%
18
−66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Hitman 3 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−1133%
35−40
+1133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−10900%
110−120
+10900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−900%
30−33
+900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32
+0%
32
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+0%
15
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+0%
17
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how HD 6470M and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 780M is 2900% faster in 900p
  • Radeon 780M is 169% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6470M is 67% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 780M is 10900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6470M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • Radeon 780M is ahead in 34 tests (49%)
  • there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.59 18.33
Recency 4 January 2011 6 December 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm

Radeon 780M has a 3006.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6470M in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon HD 6470M
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