AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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.

AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	5 September 2013 vs 6 August 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4574
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4574
PassMark - G3D Mark		348
PassMark - G2D Mark		153

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Cape Verde	G71
Launch date	5 September 2013	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1033	1036
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3