AMD Radeon HD 8870M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Radeon HD 8870M videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 April 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Venus.

Core clock speed - 725 MHz. Boost clock speed - 725 MHz. Texture fill rate - 31 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 640. Floating-point performance - 992.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
1638
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
629
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
8637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
24.097 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
465.496 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
2.211 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
38.126 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
106.848 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3702 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3702.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3357.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1638
PassMark - G2D Mark 629
Geekbench - OpenCL 8637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 24.097 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 465.496 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 2.211 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 38.126 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 106.848 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3702 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3702.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3357.000 Fps

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768183.20
Medium, 1366x768138.40
High, 1366x768116.30

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76846.70
Medium, 1366x76839.10
High, 1366x76835.30
Ultra, 1920x108015.10

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76896.50
Medium, 1366x76878.20

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76837.40
Medium, 1366x76833.60
High, 1366x76823.14

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76853.40
Medium, 1366x76847.40
High, 1366x76830.10

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72070.30
Medium, 1366x76855.70
High, 1366x76851.40
Ultra, 1920x108019.30

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768194.00
Medium, 1366x76888.85
High, 1366x76871.80
Ultra, 1920x108026.05

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76883.30
Medium, 1366x76847.80
High, 1366x76837.50
Ultra, 1920x108020.30

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768117.05
Medium, 1366x76880.40
High, 1366x76855.30
Ultra, 1920x108025.50

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76856.20
Medium, 1366x76835.90
High, 1366x76824.45
Ultra, 1920x108010.10

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76831.10
Medium, 1366x76827.40
High, 1366x76822.70
Ultra, 1920x108013.00

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76899.50
Medium, 1366x76886.90
High, 1366x76853.90
Ultra, 1920x108036.40

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76872.30
Medium, 1366x76861.10
High, 1366x76848.40
Ultra, 1920x108031.50

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76872.90
Medium, 1366x76847.20
High, 1366x76837.40
Ultra, 1920x108024.50

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768132.90
Medium, 1366x76896.20
High, 1366x76885.40
Ultra, 1920x108054.20

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72059.85
High, 1366x76859.85
Ultra, 1920x108048.60

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72074.90
Medium, 1366x76866.00
High, 1366x76852.10
Ultra, 1920x108031.70

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76850.70
Medium, 1366x76840.70
High, 1366x76838.50
Ultra, 1920x108019.35

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x76894.50
Ultra, 1920x108040.10

Metro 2033 (2010)

Medium, 1360x76870.50
High, 1600x90041.80
Ultra, 1920x108014.90

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x76842.00
Ultra, 1920x108019.21

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600134.00
Medium, 1024x76858.00
High, 1024x76848.00
Ultra, 1920x108032.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x102459.20
Ultra, 1920x108034.90

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Venus
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 744
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 725 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 640
Texture fill rate 31 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0