Intel UHD Graphics 730 vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 730 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 730

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 503.2x more texture fill rate: 15.60 GTexel/s vs 31 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5221 vs 3702
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5221 vs 3702
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 1 April 2013
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.60 GTexel/s vs 31 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5221 vs 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5221 vs 3702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 192
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 1619
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 388
  • Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9065 vs 5846
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3309
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3309
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 192
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1638 vs 1619
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 388
Geekbench - OpenCL 9065 vs 5846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1619
1638
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
388
629
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5846
9065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5221
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5221
3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3357
Name Intel UHD Graphics 730 AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1619 1638
PassMark - G2D Mark 388 629
Geekbench - OpenCL 5846 9065
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5221 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5221 3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.848

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel UHD Graphics 730 AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.1 GCN 1.0
Code name Rocket Lake GT1 Venus
Launch date 2021 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 663 726
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 725 MHz
Compute units 24 10
Core clock speed 300 MHz 725 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 192 640
Pixel fill rate 10.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 15.60 GTexel/s 31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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