AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM videocard review

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

38582

251

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

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