Radeon HD 8470D vs R5 (Bristol Ridge)

Place in performance ranking	839	1123
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	Bristol Ridge	Richland
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	5 June 2013 (11 years ago)

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	384	128
Core clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-45 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	10.20
Floating-point performance	no data	0.3264 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	IGP
Width	no data	IGP

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.

Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	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

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.4
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	N/A

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.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.43
+156%

HD 8470D 0.95

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.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1720
+101%

HD 8470D 854

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.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1284
+91.6%

HD 8470D 670

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.

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 8256
+47.9%

HD 8470D 5583

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:

Full HD

−15.4%

15
+15.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +53.8%	12−14 −53.8%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +19.4%	30−35 −19.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +53.8%	12−14 −53.8%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +30%	10−11 −30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +19.4%	30−35 −19.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +53.8%	12−14 −53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +19.4%	30−35 −19.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and HD 8470D compete in popular games:

HD 8470D is 15% faster in 1080p

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

R5 (Bristol Ridge) is ahead in 38 tests (95%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.43	0.95
Recency	1 June 2016	5 June 2013
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	65 Watt

R5 (Bristol Ridge) has a 155.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 441.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8470D in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 8470D is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.