AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7470M 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 750 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.6x better floating-point performance: 614.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2589 vs 1422
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2589 vs 1422
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 3074
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 3074

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 September 2013 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2589 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2589 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4574 vs 3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4574 vs 3074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 47 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 47 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2589

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2589

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4574

3074

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4574

3074

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2589	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2589	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4574	3074
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4574	3074
PassMark - G3D Mark		408
PassMark - G2D Mark		393
Geekbench - OpenCL		3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Seymour
Launch date	5 September 2013	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1023	1024
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	7 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	370 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0