AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 72% better floating-point performance: 248.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 58 Watt
4.1x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 790 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 45
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 251 vs 219

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 26 January 2010
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 58 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 790 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 45
PassMark - G3D Mark	251 vs 219

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 775 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
7.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5892 vs 785

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1360 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5892 vs 785

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

219

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

785

5892

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	45
PassMark - G3D Mark	251	219
Geekbench - OpenCL	785	5892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	121.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1686

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G94
Launch date	8 January 2013	26 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1585	1588
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		5.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1360 MHz
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	58 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	11.1	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	790 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA