AMD Radeon HD 8470D vs ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470D and ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8470D

ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470D

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 60% higher pipelines: 128 vs 80
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	5 June 2013 vs 4 February 2010
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470D
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8470D	ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1
Geekbench - OpenCL	1053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3149
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3149
PassMark - G2D Mark	150
PassMark - G3D Mark	377

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8470D	ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Richland	Cedar
Launch date	5 June 2013	4 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1321	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	80
Floating-point performance		104 gflops
Texture fill rate		5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
Transistor count		292 million
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x1
Length		170 mm