Radeon HD 8730 OEM vs GeForce 9700M GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1184not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.32no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameG96Cape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (17 years ago)5 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32384
Core clock speed625 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors314 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate10.0019.20
Floating-point processing power0.0992 TFLOPS0.6144 TFLOPS
Gigaflops148no data
ROPs88
TMUs1624

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 5 September 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 47 Watt

9700M GT has 4.4% lower power consumption.

HD 8730 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9700M GT and Radeon HD 8730 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9700M GT is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8730 OEM is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
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