Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs Radeon HD 7870

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	403	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.47	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code name	Pitcairn XT	GMA HD
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years ago)	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$412.83	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	1280	12
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	2800 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.00	no data
Floating-point performance	2.56 gflops	no data

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 3.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 March 2012	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	35 Watt

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