ATI Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition vs HD 8470D

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1117not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.02no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameScrapperJuniper
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2013 (11 years ago)4 July 2010 (14 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 cores192800
Core clock speed800 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt108 Watt
Texture fill rate10.2034.00
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS1.36 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs1240

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data208 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1195 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data76.48 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2013 4 July 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 108 Watt

HD 8470D has an age advantage of 3 years, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 66.2% lower power consumption.

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