HD Graphics 630 vs ATI FirePro V8700

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated753
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.35
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 9.5 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRV770Kaby Lake GT2
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 September 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data

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 cores800192
Core clock speed750 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors956 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm++
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate30.0026.40
Floating-point processing power1.2 TFLOPS0.4224 TFLOPS
ROPs163
TMUs4024

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 GB
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed850 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 September 2008 1 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 15 Watt

HD Graphics 630 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 906.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V8700 and HD Graphics 630. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro V8700 is a workstation graphics card while HD Graphics 630 is a desktop one.


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