AMD Radeon HD 8470D vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470D and NVIDIA GeForce 210 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 210

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470D

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
8x more pipelines: 128 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1704 vs 497
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1704 vs 497
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3149 vs 688
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3149 vs 688
5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 30
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 377 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2013 vs 12 October 2009
Pipelines	128 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1704 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1704 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3149 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3149 vs 688
PassMark - G2D Mark	150 vs 30
PassMark - G3D Mark	377 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2438 vs 1053

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438 vs 1053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1053

2438

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

497

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

497

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3149

688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3149

688

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

126

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8470D	NVIDIA GeForce 210
Geekbench - OpenCL	1053	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1704	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1704	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3149	688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3149	688
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	30
PassMark - G3D Mark	377	126

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8470D	NVIDIA GeForce 210
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Richland	GT218
Launch date	5 June 2013	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	1321	1674
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$29.49
Price now		$32.99
Value for money (0-100)		6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1402 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	16
CUDA cores		16
Floating-point performance		39.36 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30.5 Watt
Transistor count		260 million
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		3.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR2
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		2.731" (6.9 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
Technologies
CUDA