AMD Radeon HD 8610G vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8610G and AMD Radeon HD 8730M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. 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 8610G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1806
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 May 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 1806

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730M

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 533 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 650 MHz vs 626 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5964 vs 1463
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1637 vs 707
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1637 vs 707
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2037 vs 1868
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2037 vs 1868
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 178 vs 117
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 793 vs 416
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 533 MHz
Boost clock speed 650 MHz vs 626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5964 vs 1463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1637 vs 707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1637 vs 707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2037 vs 1868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037 vs 1868
PassMark - G2D Mark 178 vs 117
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 vs 416

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8610G
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1463
5964
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
707
1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
707
1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1868
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1868
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
1806
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
117
178
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
416
793
Name AMD Radeon HD 8610G AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Geekbench - OpenCL 1463 5964
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 707 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 707 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1868 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1868 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 1806
PassMark - G2D Mark 117 178
PassMark - G3D Mark 416 793
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 8610G AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Richland Mars
Launch date 23 May 2013 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1321 1322
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 626 MHz 650 MHz
Core clock speed 533 MHz 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Compute units 6
Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8

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