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).

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 6470M

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 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 169 vs 105
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 251 vs 228
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 785 vs 722
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	169 vs 105
PassMark - G3D Mark	251 vs 228
Geekbench - OpenCL	785 vs 722
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

169

105

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

228

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

785

722

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	169	105
PassMark - G3D Mark	251	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	785	722
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