AMD Radeon R9 M275 vs AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M275 and AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M275

AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	28 January 2014 vs 5 September 2013
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2589 vs 1162
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 1717
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2589 vs 1162
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 1717

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2589 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4574 vs 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2589 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4574 vs 1717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M275
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

2589

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1717

4574

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1162

2589

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1717

4574

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M275	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1115
PassMark - G2D Mark	569
Geekbench - OpenCL	9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1162	2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1717	4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1162	2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1717	4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1166

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M275	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Venus	Cape Verde
Launch date	28 January 2014	5 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$799.99
Place in performance rating	993	994
Price now	$699.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,500 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		47 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0