AMD Radeon HD 8730A vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730A and AMD Radeon HD 8730M 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: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730A

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Boost clock speed 700 MHz vs 650 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730M

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Name AMD Radeon HD 8730A AMD Radeon HD 8730M
PassMark - G3D Mark 781
PassMark - G2D Mark 179
Geekbench - OpenCL 5964
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1806

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8730A AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Mars Mars
Launch date 1 April 2013 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating not rated 1323
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 700 MHz 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops 537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s 16.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,040 million
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

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