Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs Radeon HD 8470D

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1110not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.07no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameScrapperAlder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 July 2013 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores19264
Core clock speed800 MHzno data
Boost clock speed850 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs12no data

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).

InterfaceIGPno data
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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

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.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2013 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8470D and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8470D is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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