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).

AMD Radeon E8860

AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

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	1028	1030
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