AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8250

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 June 2013 vs 8 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
17.5x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 128

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 128

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8250	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	1075
PassMark - G2D Mark	59
PassMark - G3D Mark	212
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.807

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8250	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	TeraScale 2
Code name	Temash	Barts
Launch date	1 June 2013	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1619	1622
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	2x 1120
Floating-point performance		2x 2,016.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 Watt
Transistor count		1,700 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		304 mm