AMD Radeon RX 560D vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560D and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560D

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560D

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 725 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 65.8 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,106 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 July 2017 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s vs 31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560D
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3357

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560D	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		1638
PassMark - G2D Mark		629
Geekbench - OpenCL		8637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.848

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560D	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Venus
Launch date	4 July 2017	1 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	741	744
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	640
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,500 million
Compute units		10
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0