AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6470M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 6.2 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 248.0 gflops vs 224 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 106
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 251 vs 228
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 785 vs 729
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.342 vs 2.282
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 121.217 vs 112.819
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 6.14 vs 5.671
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.947 vs 23.025
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 January 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.2 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 248.0 gflops vs 224 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 vs 106
PassMark - G3D Mark 251 vs 228
Geekbench - OpenCL 785 vs 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.342 vs 2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 121.217 vs 112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.14 vs 5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.947 vs 23.025

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.276 vs 0.275

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
168
106
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
228
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.342
2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
121.217
112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.275
0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.14
5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.947
23.025
Name AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM AMD Radeon HD 6470M
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 106
PassMark - G3D Mark 251 228
Geekbench - OpenCL 785 729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.342 2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 121.217 112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.275 0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.14 5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.947 23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1881

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Caicos Seymour
Launch date 8 January 2013 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1585 1587
Type Desktop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $569.99
Price now $569.99
Value for money (0-100) 0.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 248.0 gflops 224 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 160
Texture fill rate 6.2 GTexel / s 5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 11.1 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0