AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
20x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	13 August 2013 vs 8 July 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Around 81% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 497 MHz
63x more texture fill rate: 2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.976 GTexel / s
17.5x more pipelines: 2x 1120 vs 128
31.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 127.2 gflops

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 497 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.976 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1120 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2x 2,016.0 gflops vs 127.2 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	68
Geekbench - OpenCL	1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	619
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	619
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	980
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.807

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Kalindi	Barts
Launch date	13 August 2013	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1610	1613
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Core clock speed	497 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops	2x 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	2x 1120
Texture fill rate	3.976 GTexel / s	2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	1,178 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		304 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz