AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM vs NVIDIA NVS 310

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM and NVIDIA NVS 310 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

NVIDIA NVS 310

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 523 MHz
Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 6.2 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
2.5x better floating-point performance: 248.0 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1750 MHz
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 121.217 vs 76.391
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 6.14 vs 4.974
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.947 vs 7.835

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 26 June 2012
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1750 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	121.217 vs 76.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.14 vs 4.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.947 vs 7.835

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 310

Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 178 vs 168
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 881 vs 785
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.991 vs 2.342

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	178 vs 168
Geekbench - OpenCL	881 vs 785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.991 vs 2.342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 310

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

178

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

785

881

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.342

2.991

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

121.217

76.391

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.14

4.974

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.947

7.835

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM	NVIDIA NVS 310
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	178
PassMark - G3D Mark	251	251
Geekbench - OpenCL	785	881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.342	2.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	121.217	76.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.275	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.14	4.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.947	7.835
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1229
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1229

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM	NVIDIA NVS 310
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GF119
Launch date	8 January 2013	26 June 2012
Place in performance rating	1585	1586
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	523 MHz
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops	100.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s	4.184 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	156 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	14 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3