ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs HD 8400
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1179 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Kabini | Cypress |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) | 30 June 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $479 |
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 | 128 | 1600 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 2,154 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 228 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 68.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1024 gflops | 2.72 gflops |
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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 279 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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 4780 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 153.0 GB/s |
| 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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 30 June 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 228 Watt |
HD 8400 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 812% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8400 and Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8400 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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