AMD Radeon HD 8730M vs AMD Radeon HD 8450G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730M and AMD Radeon HD 8450G 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

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 533 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
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 768 vs 348
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 143
  • 6.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6236 vs 984
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2037 vs 1397
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2037 vs 1397
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 533 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 768 vs 348
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 vs 143
Geekbench - OpenCL 6236 vs 984
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2037 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8450G

  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 720 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2389 vs 1806
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2389 vs 1806
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 720 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2389 vs 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2389 vs 1806

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8450G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
768
348
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
180
143
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6236
984
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2037
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1806
2389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2037
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1806
2389
Name AMD Radeon HD 8730M AMD Radeon HD 8450G
PassMark - G3D Mark 768 348
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 143
Geekbench - OpenCL 6236 984
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 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1806 2389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2037 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1806 2389

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8730M AMD Radeon HD 8450G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 3
Code name Mars Richland
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1316 1317
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz 720 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 650 MHz 533 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