AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM and AMD FirePro M5950 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: 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 3354
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 3354
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4574 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4574 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
  • Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1528 vs 1166
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1528 vs 1166
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1528 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1528 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2590 vs 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2590 vs 2589

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2589
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2589
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4574
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4574
3354
Name AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM AMD FirePro M5950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1166 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1166 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2589 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2589 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4574 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4574 3354
PassMark - G3D Mark 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 1279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 66.638

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM AMD FirePro M5950

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Cape Verde Whistler
Launch date 5 September 2013 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 994 996
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 47 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0