Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs Radeon HD 6470m - temperature difference

jonjan · Sep 27, 2015

I'm interested mostly in the temperature difference on a laptop.. between the mobile integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000, and the ATI Mobility Radeon 6470M.
I'd like the laptop to run/cool as quietly as possible.

The laptop will be used for web viewing, DVD and avi movies, and possibly photoshop or related programs. The heat generated from these activities is the question.

The laptop has an i5-2410M (Sandy Bridge 32nm), 4GB, SSD, and a HD+ display.

Below are specific specs. However, I do not have the wisdom to understand how these wattage numbers relate to real world heat.

HD Graphics 3000 - no TDP or power consumption given
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.html

i5-2410M - TDP of 35 watts
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-2410M-Notebook-Processor.45317.0.html

Radeon 6470M - 12-15 watts power consumption
("The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5470")
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6470M.43075.0.html

5470 - "The power consumption of the HD 5470 is ... 12-15 Watt depending on the used memory"
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5470.23698.0.html

(benchmarks and fps differences between these, on an i5-2410M, in HD resolution.)
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=353453

ChumP · Sep 27, 2015

You should only use the AMD 6470m only for photoshop, on the rest you can stick with the integrated graphics.
For that little load those graphics cards should average at 50C + , so there's nothing to worry about.

jonjan · Sep 27, 2015

Would the HD Graphics 3000 be able to handle photoshop?

My main question is the *comparison of heat between the HD Graphics 3000 and the Radeon 6470M.

When I'm on webpages, I'd like to have the fan as silent as possible. And for watching avi files or online videos, I'd like a quiet fan too.
With the DVD player, it will be louder than the cooling fan.

(I had a Thinkpad T500 before this, and that was pretty quiet. Currently it's a Toshiba Satellite C55 with a Celeron and fanless design, with only the sound of the HDD. I'd love to be able to stay near this level of quiet.)

ChumP · Sep 27, 2015

It should be able , but the dedicated Graphics will bring much better performance there. The temperatures will be almost the same though.On the rest , as I said the integrated graphics should be enough.

jonjan · Sep 27, 2015

If it was 10% more heat, then I'd probably go with the integrated graphics. 20% more, I'd definitely go with the integrated.

ChumP · Sep 27, 2015

As i said there will be almost the same temperature. Although , on most laptops CPU 's are the main source of heat , GPU 's being stable in these kind of loads at 50-60C.

jonjan · Sep 27, 2015

So is that good or bad? Meaning the integrated is cooler, or the dedicated is cooler?

jonjan · Sep 27, 2015

lol I earned a Night Owl badge.
Anyways, it sounds as if both graphics options will have about the same effect on temps, and fan speed. I'm trying to nail down the difference pretty close, but any closer might require actual testing side by side.

Thanks

ChumP · Sep 27, 2015

On what you are doing the noise levels will be the same if you use your dedicated or integrated Graphics.

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