AMD Radeon E8860 vs AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8860 and AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8860

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1246 vs 1166
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1246 vs 1166
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 January 2014 vs 5 September 2013
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 37 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1246 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1246 vs 1166

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2589 vs 1655
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 4345
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2589 vs 1655
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 4345
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 575 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2589 vs 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4574 vs 4345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2589 vs 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4574 vs 4345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8860
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1246
1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1655
2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4345
4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1246
1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1655
2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4345
4574
Name AMD Radeon E8860 AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1686
PassMark - G2D Mark 436
Geekbench - OpenCL 26300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 529.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 47.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1246 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1655 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4345 4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1246 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1655 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4345 4574

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E8860 AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Venus Cape Verde
Launch date 25 January 2014 5 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1030 1032
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 625 MHz
Core clock speed 575 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 37 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5