AMD Radeon HD 8730M vs NVIDIA GeForce 615

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA GeForce 615 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
• 3.2x more texture fill rate: 16.8 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
• 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
• 4.2x better floating-point performance: 537.6 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
• Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 810 vs 507
• 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5969 vs 1323
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.51 vs 3.257
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1637 vs 668
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2037 vs 1286
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1806 vs 1708
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1637 vs 668
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2037 vs 1286
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1806 vs 1708

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 615

• Around 2% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 650 MHz
• Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 292 vs 177

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 615

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	810 507
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	177 292
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	5969 1323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.51 3.257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1637 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2037 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1806 1708
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1637 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2037 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1806 1708

Compare specifications (specs)