Radeon HD 8470D vs ATI FirePro V3750
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1117 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.02 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | RV730 | Scrapper |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 September 2008 (16 years ago) | 29 July 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 320 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 1,303 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 48 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.60 | 10.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.352 TFLOPS | 0.3264 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 12 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 September 2008 | 29 July 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 48 Watt | 65 Watt |
ATI V3750 has 35.4% lower power consumption.
HD 8470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 71.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro V3750 and Radeon HD 8470D. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro V3750 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8470D is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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