NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 3% better floating-point performance: 552.2 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 815 vs 781
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.814 vs 6.51
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1654 vs 1637
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2370 vs 2037
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1806
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1654 vs 1637
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2370 vs 2037
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 March 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 719 MHz vs 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 552.2 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 815 vs 781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.814 vs 6.51
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1654 vs 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2370 vs 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1654 vs 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2370 vs 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1806

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8730M

  • Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 16.8 GTexel / s vs 11.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 174
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5964 vs 2671
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 289.464 vs 162.583
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.306 vs 0.798
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.747 vs 11.854
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s vs 11.5 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 5964 vs 2671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.464 vs 162.583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.306 vs 0.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.747 vs 11.854

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8730M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
815
781
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
174
179
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
5964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.814
6.51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.583
289.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.798
1.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.854
18.747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1654
1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2370
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1654
1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2370
2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1806
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M AMD Radeon HD 8730M
PassMark - G3D Mark 815 781
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 179
Geekbench - OpenCL 2671 5964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.814 6.51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.583 289.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.798 1.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.854 18.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 30.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1654 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2370 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1654 1637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2370 2037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 1806

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GK208 Mars
Launch date 6 March 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1320 1323
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 719 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 552.2 gflops 537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 11.5 GTexel / s 16.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 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 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
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