Radeon RX 580X Mobile vs HD 8470D

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Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking1079not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.05no data
ArchitectureTerascale 3 (2010−2013)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameRichlandPolaris
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 June 2013 (10 years ago)10 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$37 $410

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1282304
Core clock speed800 MHzno data
Boost clock speed850 MHz1340 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65-110 Watt
Texture fill rate10.20155.1

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8470D and Radeon RX 580X Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPMXM-B (3.0)
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared8000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 5 June 2013 10 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount System Shared 8 GB
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8470D and Radeon RX 580X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8470D is a desktop card while Radeon RX 580X Mobile is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8470D
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