NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 27.62 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 883.7 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 47 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2320 vs 1166
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3287 vs 2589
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2320 vs 1166
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3287 vs 2589

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 August 2015 vs 5 September 2013
Core clock speed	1071 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2320 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287 vs 2589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2320 vs 1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287 vs 2589

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4574 vs 3358
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4574 vs 3358

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4574 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4574 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2320

1166

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3287

2589

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

4574

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2320

1166

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3287

2589

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

4574

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 845M	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1524
PassMark - G2D Mark	213
Geekbench - OpenCL	6112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2320	1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287	2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	4574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2320	1166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287	2589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	4574

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 845M	AMD Radeon HD 8730 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Cape Verde
Launch date	26 August 2015	5 September 2013
Place in performance rating	1019	1022
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1071 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus