NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M vs AMD Radeon HD 8470D

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M and AMD Radeon HD 8470D 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 - 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 - 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 GT 730M

AMD Radeon HD 8470D

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 814 vs 373
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 147
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2975 vs 1061
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1654 vs 638
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2370 vs 1704
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3149
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1654 vs 638
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2370 vs 1704
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 March 2014 vs 5 June 2013
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	814 vs 373
PassMark - G2D Mark	174 vs 147
Geekbench - OpenCL	2975 vs 1061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1654 vs 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2370 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3149
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1654 vs 638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2370 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3149

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470D

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 719 MHz

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 719 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8470D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

814

373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

147

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2975

1061

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

638

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2370

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3149

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

638

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2370

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3149

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
PassMark - G3D Mark	814	373
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	147
Geekbench - OpenCL	2975	1061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	162.583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	11.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	30.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1654	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2370	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3149
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1654	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2370	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3149

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Terascale 3
Code name	GK208	Richland
Launch date	6 March 2014	5 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1319	1320
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	128
Texture fill rate	11.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API	11
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0	1
Standard memory configuration	DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA