Radeon HD 8730M vs GeForce GT 710

Place in performance ranking	903	849
Place by popularity	52	not in top-100
Value for money	0.04	0.14
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GK208B	Mars
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 March 2014 (10 years ago)	16 November 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99	no data
Current price	$81 (2.3x MSRP)	$338

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 8730M has 250% better value for money than GT 710.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	384
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	954 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	700 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.26	16.80
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops	537.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 710 and Radeon HD 8730M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory

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 type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	32 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	No outputs
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision	+	no data
PureVideo	+	no data
PhysX	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 710 1.63

HD 8730M 1.98
+21.5%

Radeon HD 8730M outperforms GeForce GT 710 by 21% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 710 630

HD 8730M 768
+21.9%

Radeon HD 8730M outperforms GeForce GT 710 by 22% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 710 947

HD 8730M 1150
+21.4%

Radeon HD 8730M outperforms GeForce GT 710 by 21% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 710 7270

HD 8730M 8054
+10.8%

Radeon HD 8730M outperforms GeForce GT 710 by 11% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	18−20 −22.2%	22 +22.2%
Full HD	8 −138%	19 +138%
1440p	3 +0%	3−4 +0%
4K	7 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	4 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Metro Exodus	3 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	4 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	1−2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how GT 710 and HD 8730M compete in popular games:

HD 8730M is 22.2% faster than GT 710 in 900p
HD 8730M is 138% faster than GT 710 in 1080p
HD 8730M is 0% faster than GT 710 in 1440p
HD 8730M is 14.3% faster than GT 710 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 710 is 400% faster than the HD 8730M.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8730M is 100% faster than the GT 710.

All in all, in popular games: