AMD Radeon HD 7470M vs Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
AMD Radeon HD 7470M
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The AMD Radeon HD 7470M (sometimes also still called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 7470) is a laptop graphics card for entry level to middle class notebooks. It is based on the old 40nm Seymore-XT chip and therefore just a renamed version of the Radeon HD 6490M. According to rumors there can be DDR3 and GDDR5 versions with different clock speeds. In our tests we also found a model with DDR3 that clocked only with 667MHz (Asus X54HR) and is therefore slower than the 6490M.
The 160 Stream processors are still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.
The performance of the higher clocked GDDR5 version is about on a level of the Mobility Radeon HD 550v / GeForce GT 325M. Therefore, the card is positioned in the low end and allows to play current games in low detail and resolution settings. In our tests with a similar Radeon HD 6490M in a 15" MBP, games like Starcraft 2 or Mafia 2 reached about 30fps in medium detail settings with a resolution of 1024x768. Less demanding and older games like Trackmania also ran in high details and resolution settings. However, Battlefield 3 may not run at all and demanding games like Dirt 3 will only be playable in low settings.
The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.
Furthermore, the HD 7400M series integrates a HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g. for Blu-Ray videos).
The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.
Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.
The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and therefore suited for 13" laptops and up.
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
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The Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) is an integrated graphics card in the Cherry-Trail SoCs (e.g. Atom x7-Z8700). Based on a Broadwell GPU (Intel Gen8) and supports DirectX 11.2. Depending on the SoC offers 12 or 16 EUs.
Atom x7-Z8700: 16 EUs @ 200 - 600 MHz, dual-channel memory
Atom x5-Z8500: 12 EUs @ 200 - 600 MHz, dual-channel memory
Atom x5-Z8300: 12 EUs @ 200 - 500 MHz, single-channel memory
In Windows, gaming is limited to less demanding or quite old games. Using Android, even high end 3D games should run fluently. For example Team Fortress 2 was running on the Surface 3 (x7-Z8700) only in lowest settings and 1280x720 fluently (11 - 69 fps range).
The integrated video decoder is able to display even 4K videos (H.264 tested) fluently.
The Intel HD Graphics GPU in our review sample of the MS Surface 3 (Atom x7-Z8700) only supported DisplayPort 1.1 as it seems, as 4K (3840x2160) with 30 Hz was the maximum Refresh Rate we could achieve (no 60 Hz selectable with the pre-installed drivers).
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| Codename | Seymour XT / XTX | Cherry Trail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Terascale 2 | Gen. 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 160 - unified | 16 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 750 / 800 MHz | 200 - 600 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 3200 / 1800 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | 64/128 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | DDR3/GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 512 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 | DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 40 nm | 14 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 07.12.2011 | 02.03.2015 |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 7470M → 100% n=9
Average Benchmarks Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) → 78% n=9
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Team Fortress 2
2017
Rocket League
2017
Farming Simulator 17
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Anno 2205
2015
World of Warships
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
Dirt Rally
2015
F1 2014
2014
Sims 4
2014
GRID: Autosport
2014
Battlefield 4
2013
Asphalt 8: Airborne
2013
Dota 2
2013
GRID 2
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Temple Run 2
2013
Dishonored
2012
Borderlands 2
2012
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Diablo III
2012
Star Wars: The Old Republic
2011
Anno 2070
2011
Battlefield 3
2011
Fifa 12
2011
F1 2011
2011
Dirt 3
2011
Crysis 2
2011
Civilization 5
2010
Mafia 2
2010
StarCraft 2
2010
Metro 2033
2010
Trackmania Nations Forever
2008
World of Warcraft
2005Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 7470M → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) → 64%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 50%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Team Fortress 2 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||
| Rocket League | 15.5 | |||||||||||||
| Farming Simulator 17 | 22.6 | |||||||||||||
| Rainbow Six Siege | 11.5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Star Wars Battlefront | 8.8 | 4.8 | ||||||||||||
| Anno 2205 | 8.1 | 3.9 | ||||||||||||
| World of Warships | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Metal Gear Solid V | 15.1 | 9.8 | ||||||||||||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 20 | 15.2 | 7.2 | |||||||||||
| Dirt Rally | 20.1 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||
| GTA V | 10.8 | |||||||||||||
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | 9.5 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||
| Civilization: Beyond Earth | 16.2 | 6.1 | ||||||||||||
| F1 2014 | 16 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Fifa 15 | 15.6 | |||||||||||||
| Sims 4 | 71 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||||
| GRID: Autosport | 25 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Battlefield 4 | 13.3 | |||||||||||||
| Asphalt 8: Airborne | 58 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Dota 2 | 29.7 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||
| GRID 2 | 24 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||
| BioShock Infinite | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tomb Raider | 27 | 13 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Temple Run 2 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Dishonored | 15.2 | 11.6 | ||||||||||||
| Borderlands 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Counter-Strike: GO | 26 | 20 | 20.3 | 11.4 | ||||||||||
| Diablo III | 28 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Anno 2070 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 24 | 17 | 11.3 | 17 | 8 | |||||||||
| Deus Ex Human Revolution | 48.7 | 16.5 | 25.6 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dirt 3 | 95.9 | 35 | 20.9 | 28.1 | 12.5 | |||||||||
| Civilization 5 | 18.7 | |||||||||||||
| StarCraft 2 | 128.4 | 22.4 | 12.3 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 7 | |||||||
| Trackmania Nations Forever | 100 | 24 | 14 | |||||||||||
| World of Warcraft | 47 | 18.3 | ||||||||||||
| AMD Radeon HD 7470M | Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 1 1 | 3 1 | 5 | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 29 2 3 | 23 | 9 2 | 5 | | |
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