Radeon RX 470D vs HD 6310
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1387 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.24 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Loveland | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 November 2010 (15 years ago) | 21 October 2016 (9 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 | 80 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 276 MHz | 926 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1206 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.208 | 135.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04416 TFLOPS | 4.322 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1650 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 211.2 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 November 2010 | 21 October 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 120 Watt |
HD 6310 has 566.7% lower power consumption.
RX 470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6310 and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6310 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 470D is a desktop one.
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