Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
AMD Radeon HD 8470D vs NVIDIA GRID M40
Combined performance score
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 ranking | 635 | 1078 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.47 | 0.05 |
Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Terascale 3 (2010−2013) |
GPU code name | GM107 | Richland |
Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
Release date | 18 May 2016 (7 years old) | 5 June 2013 (10 years old) |
Current price | $484 | $37 |
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 cores | 384 | 128 |
Core clock speed | 1033 MHz | 800 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 850 MHz |
Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 1,303 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 65 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 33.06 | 10.20 |
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).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
Width | 2-slot | IGP |
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 type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | System Shared |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
Memory clock speed | 5200 MHz | System Shared |
Memory bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
CUDA | 5.0 | no 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 HD | 55−60
+323%
| 13
−323%
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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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