AMD Radeon HD 8470D vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8470D and AMD Radeon HD 8730M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470D

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3149 vs 1806
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3149 vs 1806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3149 vs 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3149 vs 1806

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730M

  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 5.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5964 vs 1061
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1637 vs 638
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1637 vs 638
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2037 vs 1704
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2037 vs 1704
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 178 vs 147
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 793 vs 373
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5964 vs 1061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1637 vs 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1637 vs 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2037 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037 vs 1704
PassMark - G2D Mark 178 vs 147
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 vs 373

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8470D
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1061
5964
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
638
1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
638
1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1704
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3149
1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3149
1806
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
147
178
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
373
793
Name AMD Radeon HD 8470D AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Geekbench - OpenCL 1061 5964
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 638 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 638 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1704 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1704 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3149 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3149 1806
PassMark - G2D Mark 147 178
PassMark - G3D Mark 373 793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.747

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8470D AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Richland Mars
Launch date 5 June 2013 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1320 1322
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 128 384
Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Compute units 6
Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

API support

DirectX 11 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized