Radeon HD 8650D IGP vs GeForce GT 730A
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 951 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.09 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | GK208 | Scrapper |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 July 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 December 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 cores | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 719 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 844 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 915 million | 1,303 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 23.01 | 20.26 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5522 TFLOPS | 0.6482 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 type | DDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1001 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 July 2014 | 28 December 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 65 Watt |
GT 730A has an age advantage of 6 months, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 97% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730A and Radeon HD 8650D IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 730A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8650D IGP is a desktop one.
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