VIA S3G UniChrome Pro 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 efficiency1.08no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)no data
GPU code nameScrapperZoetrope
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 July 2013 (11 years ago)1 July 2004 (20 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 cores1923
Core clock speed800 MHz2 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nmno data
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

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2013 1 July 2004

HD 8470D has an age advantage of 9 years.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8470D and VIA S3G UniChrome Pro. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8470D is a desktop card while VIA S3G UniChrome Pro is a notebook one.


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