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).

 

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
PassMark - G3D Mark 251 vs 250
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
250
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 251 250
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