AMD Radeon HD 8470D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

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Combined performance score

GT 630
1.75
+86.2%

GeForce GT 630 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 86% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking8801078
Place by popularity91not in top-100
Value for money0.080.05
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameGF108Richland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 May 2012 (11 years old)5 June 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$99.99 no data
Current price$112 (1.1x MSRP)$37
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 630 has 60% 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 cores96128
Core clock speed810 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speedno data850 MHz
Number of transistors585 million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate12.9610.20
Floating-point performance311.0 gflopsno data

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 2.0 x16IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth28.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+no data

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
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 630 1.75
+86.2%
HD 8470D 0.94

GeForce GT 630 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 86% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 630 680
+86.8%
HD 8470D 364

GeForce GT 630 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 87% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 630 810
+20.9%
HD 8470D 670

GeForce GT 630 outperforms Radeon HD 8470D by 21% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD24−27
+84.6%
13
−84.6%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.75 0.94
Recency 15 May 2012 5 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 40 nm 32 nm

The GeForce GT 630 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8470D in performance tests.


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