AMD Radeon HD 8400 IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8400 IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6230 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8400 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 128 vs 80
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 265 vs 179
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 930 vs 744
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1631 vs 1293
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 930 vs 744
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1631 vs 1293
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 November 2013 vs 2 July 2011
Pipelines 128 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 265 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 930 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1631 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 930 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1631 vs 1293

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 102.4 gflops
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 78
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 104 gflops vs 102.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 254 vs 78

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8400 IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
265
179
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
78
254
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
930
744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1631
1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
930
744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1631
1293
Name AMD Radeon HD 8400 IGP AMD Radeon HD 6230
PassMark - G3D Mark 265 179
PassMark - G2D Mark 78 254
Geekbench - OpenCL 1211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.197
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1322.192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 224.569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 930 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1631 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 930 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1631 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 252

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8400 IGP AMD Radeon HD 6230

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Kalindi Park
Launch date 23 November 2013 2 July 2011
Place in performance rating 1370 1373
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 102.4 gflops 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 80
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 1,178 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR2
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz