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.

 

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 1030 1032
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