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AMD Radeon HD 8470D

AMD Radeon HD 8470D

The AMD Radeon HD 8470D is a processor graphics card featured in the desktop Richland A6 series of APUs from AMD and is based on the VLIW4 architecture of the Radeon HD 6900 desktop series. Compared to the faster HD 8670D, the 8470 features only 128 of the 384 cores clocked at 800 MHz compared to 844 MHz of the 8670D. The graphics card does not offer dedicated video memory and thus depends on the speed and size of the system memory.

The performance of the Radeon HD 8470D differs depending on the benchmark. In synthetic benchmarks like 3DMark 11, final scores suggest better gaming performance when in practice the frame rates are slightly lower. In our gaming tests the HD 8470D was similar to the Trinity Radeon HD 7660G in the mobile A10-4600M and comparable to the average HD Graphics 4000 on Ivy Bridge chips. Therefore, very demanding games like Company of Heroes 2 will not run fluently on the APU (see below for detailed benchmarks).

The integrated UVD3 video decoder (Avivo HD) allows full decoding of Multi-View Codec (MVC), MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX, xVid), MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and Adobe Flash HD videos.

The shader cores of the chip can also be used for general computing via OpenCL or DirectCompute 11.

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon HD 8000D Series
Radeon HD 8670D 384 @ 844 MHz
Radeon HD 8570D 256 @ 844 MHz
Radeon HD 8470D 128 @ 800 MHz
CodenameRichland
ArchitectureTerascale 3
Pipelines128 - unified
Core Speed *800 MHz
Shared Memoryyes
DirectXDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology32 nm
Date of Announcement05.06.2013
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15
Ref. Match 64Bit +
OpenGL 64Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +
T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +
3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
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min: 670     avg: 670 (2%)     median: 670 (2%)     max: 670 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
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min: 598     avg: 598 (3%)     median: 598 (3%)     max: 598 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
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min: 5583     avg: 5583 (3%)     median: 5583 (3%)     max: 5583 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
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min: 2587     avg: 2587 (5%)     median: 2587 (5%)     max: 2587 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080
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min: 32851     avg: 32851 (9%)     median: 32851 (9%)     max: 32851 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
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min: 50223     avg: 50223 (7%)     median: 50223 (7%)     max: 50223 Points
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ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
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min: 513     avg: 513 (2%)     median: 513 (2%)     max: 513 Points
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
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min: 63     avg: 63 (1%)     median: 63 (1%)     max: 63 Samples/s
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
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min: 129     avg: 129 (1%)     median: 129 (1%)     max: 129 Samples/s
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
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min: 854     avg: 854 (2%)     median: 854 (2%)     max: 854 points
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
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min: 937     avg: 937 (3%)     median: 937 (3%)     max: 937 points
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3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
P Result 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
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min: 11230     avg: 11230 (24%)     median: 11230 (24%)     max: 11230 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
16.4  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Battlefield 4
low 1024x768
35.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
24.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Batman: Arkham Origins
low 1024x768
53  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
32  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
17  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Total War: Rome II
low 1024x768
36.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
20.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
4.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Saints Row IV
low 1280x720
24.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
18.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
12.5  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
low 1024x768
31  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
20.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Dota 2

Dota 2

2013
low 1024x768
55  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
36.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Company of Heroes 2
low 1024x768
15.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
6.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
3.4  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
62.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
37.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Metro: Last Light
low 1024x768
23  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
18.8  fps    + Compare