AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Radeon HD 8470 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 January 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Caicos.

Core clock speed - 775 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 160. Floating-point performance - 248.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 370 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
168
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
251
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
2.342 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
121.217 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.275 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
6.140 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
23.947 mHash/s
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 168
PassMark - G3D Mark 251
Geekbench - OpenCL 785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 2.342 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 121.217 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.275 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 6.140 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 23.947 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Caicos
Launch date 8 January 2013
Place in performance rating 1585
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 160
Texture fill rate 6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5