AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 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 - 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 7 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • 3200x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 164 vs 158
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 121.217 vs 83.907
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.947 vs 17.41
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 January 2013 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 700 MHz
Pipelines 160 vs 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 164 vs 158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 121.217 vs 83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.947 vs 17.41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

  • Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 6.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 383 vs 248
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1571 vs 785
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.046 vs 2.342
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.371 vs 0.275
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 6.791 vs 6.14
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 383 vs 248
Geekbench - OpenCL 1571 vs 785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.046 vs 2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.371 vs 0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.791 vs 6.14

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
164
158
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
248
383
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
1571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.342
4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
121.217
83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.275
0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.14
6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.947
17.41
Name AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
PassMark - G2D Mark 164 158
PassMark - G3D Mark 248 383
Geekbench - OpenCL 785 1571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.342 4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 121.217 83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.275 0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.14 6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.947 17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1683

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Caicos GF108
Launch date 8 January 2013 15 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1595 1554
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.32

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 248.0 gflops 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 96
Texture fill rate 6.2 GTexel / s 11.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 49 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)

API support

DirectX 11.1 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1.8 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA