AMD Radeon HD 8470D vs NVIDIA GRID M40

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Combined performance score

GRID M40
4.25
+352%

GRID M40 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 352% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking6351078
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.470.05
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameGM107Richland
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 May 2016 (7 years old)5 June 2013 (10 years old)
Current price$484 $37
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GRID M40 has 840% better value for money than HD 8470D.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384128
Core clock speed1033 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate33.0610.20

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Width2-slotIGP

Memory

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed5200 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD55−60
+323%
13
−323%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.25 0.94
Recency 18 May 2016 5 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 65 Watt

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8470D in performance tests.

Be aware that GRID M40 is a workstation 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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