Intel UHD Graphics 730 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

Intel UHD Graphics 730

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
195x more texture fill rate: 15.60 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5221 vs 3716
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5221 vs 3716

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.60 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5221 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5221 vs 3716

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

6.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 192
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4604 vs 1573
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 412
13x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 5967
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 2429
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3309
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6821 vs 2429
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3309
2.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1651 vs 603

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 192
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4604 vs 1573
PassMark - G2D Mark	586 vs 412
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 5967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821 vs 2429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6821 vs 2429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1651 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1573

4604

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

586

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5967

77430

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2429

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5221

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2429

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5221

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3358

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

603

1651

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 730	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1573	4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	412	586
Geekbench - OpenCL	5967	77430
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2429	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5221	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2429	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5221	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	603	1651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 730	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	GCN 1.0
Code name	Rocket Lake GT1	Pitcairn
Launch date	2021	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	633	463
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	998.4 GFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	499.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	192	1280
Pixel fill rate	10.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	15.60 GTexel/s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	225 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,560 gflops
Stream Processors		1024
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		153.6 GB/s
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
Quick Sync
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync