Radeon HD 8570A vs HD Graphics 620

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking841not rated
Place by popularity63not in top-100
Power efficiency11.10no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT2Sun
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 March 2013 (11 years ago)

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 cores192320
Core clock speed300 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors189 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.0016.50
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS0.528 TFLOPS
ROPs38
TMUs2420

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).

InterfaceRing BusMXM-A (3.0)

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4DDR3
Maximum RAM amount32 GB1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan+1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2016 1 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

HD Graphics 620 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 620 and Radeon HD 8570A. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel HD Graphics 620
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