AMD Radeon HD 8730M vs AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730M and AMD Radeon HD 7520G 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 8730M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 497 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 793 vs 317
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 178 vs 109
  • 6.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5964 vs 943
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2037 vs 1604
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2037 vs 1604
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 497 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 vs 317
PassMark - G2D Mark 178 vs 109
Geekbench - OpenCL 5964 vs 943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2037 vs 1604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037 vs 1604

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7520G

  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 686 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2926 vs 1806
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2926 vs 1806
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 686 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2926 vs 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2926 vs 1806

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7520G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
793
317
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
178
109
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5964
943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2037
1604
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1806
2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2037
1604
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1806
2926
Name AMD Radeon HD 8730M AMD Radeon HD 7520G
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 317
PassMark - G2D Mark 178 109
Geekbench - OpenCL 5964 943
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 1604
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1806 2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037 1604
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1806 2926

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8730M AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 3
Code name Mars Trinity
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 1 June 2012
Place in performance rating 1322 1325
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz 686 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 650 MHz 497 MHz
Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

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