AMD Radeon HD 8450 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8670 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8450 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8670 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 8450 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8670 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8450 OEM

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670 OEM

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
4x better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8450 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8670 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Caicos	Oland
Launch date	8 January 2013	8 January 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	806.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5