Intel UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

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Combined performance score

HD 8870M
4.23
+67.9%

Radeon HD 8870M outperforms UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) by 68% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking637788
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.72no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameVenusLakefield GT2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 December 2012 (11 years old)28 May 2020 (3 years old)
Current price$338 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores64064
Core clock speed725 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data7 Watt
Texture fill rate31.00no data
Floating-point performance992.0 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8870M and UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5, DDR3DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed4500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8870M 4.23
+67.9%
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) 2.52

Radeon HD 8870M outperforms UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) by 68% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8870M 2986
+66.7%
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) 1792

Radeon HD 8870M outperforms UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) by 67% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8870M 2169
+67.4%
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) 1296

Radeon HD 8870M outperforms UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) by 67% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8870M 15739
+87.2%
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) 8409

Radeon HD 8870M outperforms UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) by 87% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p42
+75%
24−27
−75%
Full HD33
+154%
13
−154%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Hitman 3 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

This is how HD 8870M and UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • HD 8870M is 75% faster than UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)

1080p resolution:

  • HD 8870M is 154% faster than UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8870M is 400% faster than the UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU).

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 8870M is ahead in 52 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.23 2.52
Recency 18 December 2012 28 May 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

The Radeon HD 8870M is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU) in performance tests.


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