AMD Radeon HD 8610G IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 8950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8610G IGP and AMD Radeon HD 8950M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 8610G IGP

AMD Radeon HD 8950M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8610G IGP

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950M

2x more core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 533 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8610G IGP	AMD Radeon HD 8950M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	GCN 2.0
Code name	Devastator	Saturn
Launch date	23 May 2013	14 May 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	626 MHz
Core clock speed	533 MHz	1075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,651 gflops
Pipelines		768
Texture fill rate		51.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		88 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5