AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics

Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

2.2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 576
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 / 40 nm

Pipelines	1280 vs 576
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 / 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark		4635
PassMark - G2D Mark		591
Geekbench - OpenCL		77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8450G + Radeon HD 8570M Dual Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3 / GCN	GCN 1.0
Launch date	12 March 2012	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	477
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Pitcairn
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 / 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 / 40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	576	1280
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Floating-point performance		2,560 gflops
Stream Processors		1024
Texture fill rate		80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		225 Watt
Transistor count		2,800 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	11
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		153.6 GB/s
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync