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).

AMD Radeon HD 8730A

AMD Radeon HD 8730M

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		786
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	1322
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