Radeon HD 8870 OEM vs ION 2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1366 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.14 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (17 years ago) | 8 January 2013 (12 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 cores | 16 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 80.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03424 TFLOPS | 2.56 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | 80 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 6-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 153.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 8 January 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 175 Watt |
ION 2 has 775% lower power consumption.
HD 8870 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between ION 2 and Radeon HD 8870 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that ION 2 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8870 OEM is a desktop one.
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