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AMD Radeon HD 8730M vs AMD Radeon HD 8770M

AMD Radeon HD 8730M

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The AMD Radeon HD 8730M (sometimes known as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 8730) is a DirectX 11.1 graphics card for laptops. It is based on the Mars chip (28nm GCN architecture) with 384 shader cores, 24 TMUs, and 8 ROPs. The core is clocked at 650 MHz (700 MHz Boost) and can access a DDR3 VRAM (1000 MHz).

The performance of the Radeon HD 8730M is similar to the GeForce GT 640M LE. Current and demanding games (as of 2012/2013) like Far Cry 3 will run fluently in medium-low resolutions and detail settings.

The 384 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 6 compute units). Compared to old TeraScale 2 chips, the GCN-based Mars architecture offers improved performance in this framework.

Features of the 8730M include video decoding via UVD3 for decoding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly from the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are now compatible as well.

The 8700M series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the 8730M can directly support up to 2 connected monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features of the 8700M series include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. PowerTune allows automatic overclocking and underclocking of the graphics card as long as the GPU is within its TDP limit. For example, the chip may be underclocked when running FurMark and OCCT, but will overclock in certain games like Lost Planet, Crysis or Resident Evil 5.

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it now allows audio to output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

The power consumption should be slightly below that of the old HD 7670M. As a result, the 8730M is suited for 13-inch notebooks or larger.

AMD Radeon HD 8770M

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The AMD Radeon HD 8770M (sometimes known as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 8770) is a DirectX 11.1 graphics card for laptops. It is based on the Mars chip (28nm GCN architecture) with 384 shader cores, 24 TMUs, and 8 ROPs. The core is clocked at 775 MHz (or up to 825 MHz with Boost) with GDDR5 VRAM at 1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective).

The performance of the Radeon HD 8770M is in range of the GeForce GT 730M. Current and demanding games like Far Cry 3 will run fluently in medium resolutions and detail settings (as of 2013).

The 384 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 6 compute units). Compared to old TeraScale 2 chips, the GCN-based Mars architecture offers improved performance in this framework.

Features of the 8770M include video decoding via UVD3 for decoding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly from the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are now compatible as well.

The 8700M series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the 8770M can directly support up to 2 connected monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features of the 8700M series include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. PowerTune allows automatic overclocking and underclocking of the graphics card as long as the GPU is within its TDP limit. For example, the chip may be underclocked when running FurMark and OCCT, but will overclock in certain games like Lost Planet, Crysis or Resident Evil 5.

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it now allows audio to output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

The power consumption should be similar to the old HD 7670M. As a result, the 8770M is best suited for 13-inch notebooks or larger.

AMD Radeon HD 8730MAMD Radeon HD 8770M
Radeon HD 8700M Series
Radeon HD 8790M compare 384 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon HD 8770M 384 @ 0.78 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics compare 640 @ 0.72 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 8750M compare 384 @ 0.62 - 0.78 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 - 4000 MHz
Radeon HD 8730M 384 @ 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Radeon HD 8790M compare 384 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon HD 8770M 384 @ 0.78 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics compare 640 @ 0.72 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 8750M compare 384 @ 0.62 - 0.78 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 - 4000 MHz
Radeon HD 8730M 384 @ 0.65 GHz128 Bit @ 2000 MHz
ArchitectureGCNGCN
Pipelines384 - unified384 - unified
Core Speed650 MHz775 MHz
Memory Speed2000 MHz4500 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB2048 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Transistors900 Million900 Million
technology28 nm28 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Date of Announcement16.11.2012 16.11.2012

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Radeon HD 8730M
0.5 pt (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
5206 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
8054 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
1073 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
1150 Points (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
45267 Points (5%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1505     avg: 1508     median: 1507.5 (2%)     max: 1510 Points
2206 Points (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1368     avg: 1371     median: 1370.5 (1%)     max: 1373 Points
1934 Points (2%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 8730M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 6292     avg: 6311     median: 6310.5 (2%)     max: 6329 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 8770M
8530 Points (2%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 8730M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 5859     avg: 5870     median: 5869.5 (3%)     max: 5880 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 8770M
7078 Points (4%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
19016 Points (10%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
12762 Points (14%)
20968 Points (23%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 8730M
3DMark 06
min: 8604     avg: 8620     median: 8620 (11%)     max: 8636 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 8770M
12680 Points (17%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
15.7 fps (5%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 21.1     avg: 21.2     median: 21.2 (4%)     max: 21.3 fps
26 fps (5%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon HD 8770M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
7033 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 31.8     avg: 32.3     median: 32.3 (11%)     max: 32.7 fps
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 8770M
43.1 fps (15%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 8730M → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 8770M → 139% n=8

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

2012
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
48  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
37.2  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
18  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
5.7  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
18.1  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
16.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
6.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
15  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
14  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
12  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
72  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
47.8  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
25  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
17.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
38.9  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
34.4  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
21.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
13.9  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
54  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
33  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
26  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
69.2  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
55.1  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
49.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
27  fps
Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
225  fps
136%
Radeon HD 8770M:
305.5  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
154  fps
121%
Radeon HD 8770M:
185.7  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
128  fps
129%
Radeon HD 8770M:
164.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon HD 8770M:
92.5  fps
F1 2012

F1 2012

2012
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
32  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
29  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
25  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
51.6  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
40.4  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
30.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
17.3  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
51.1  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
22.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
9.6  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
142.4  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
105.2  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
83.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
48.8  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
48.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
27.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
49  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
28  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
22  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
37  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
35  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
55.2  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
37.5  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
33  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
14.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
78  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
56  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
51  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
48  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
38  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
22  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
57  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
44  fps
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
37  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
24.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
11.4  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
79  fps
76%
Radeon HD 8770M:
60.2  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
46  fps
108%
Radeon HD 8770M:
49.7  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
29  fps
123%
Radeon HD 8770M:
35.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon HD 8770M:
15.7  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
58  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
44  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
30  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
112.9  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
74.4  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
45.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
25.7  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
38  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
32  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
27  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
101  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
47  fps
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
125  fps
med. 1280x720
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
33  fps
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
64  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
47  fps
high 1360x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
38  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
94  fps
med. 1360x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
27  fps
high 1360x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
20  fps
low 800x600
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
72  fps
med. 1360x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
41  fps
high 1600x900
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
22  fps
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
71  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
58  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
42  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
35  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
31  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
31  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 8730M:
27  fps

Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 8730M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 8770M → 115%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 102%

AMD Radeon HD 8730Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Far Cry 34837.2185.7
Assassin´s Creed III18.116.86.8
Hitman: Absolution151412
Call of Duty: Black Ops 27247.82517.8
Need for Speed: Most Wanted38.934.421.813.9
Medal of Honor: Warfighter543326
Dishonored69.255.149.627
Fifa 13225154128
F1 2012322925
Borderlands 251.640.430.517.3
Guild Wars 251.122.39.6
Counter-Strike: GO142.4105.283.448.8
Darksiders II48.927.8
Sleeping Dogs492822
Max Payne 33735
Dirt Showdown55.237.53314.8
Diablo III785651
Risen 2: Dark Waters483822
Mass Effect 35744
Alan Wake3724.311.4
Anno 2070794629
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim584430
CoD: Modern Warfare 3112.974.445.725.7
Battlefield 3383227
Deus Ex Human Revolution10147
Total War: Shogun 212533
Mafia 2644738
StarCraft 2942720
Metro 2033724122
Battlefield: Bad Company 2715842
Crysis - GPU Benchmark3531
Crysis - CPU Benchmark3127
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AMD Radeon HD 8770Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 13305.5185.7164.692.5
Anno 207060.249.735.615.7
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< 120 fps
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