Radeon HD 8730 OEM vs ATI Mobility 9550
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 (2003−2006) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | M12 | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 June 2004 (21 years ago) | 5 September 2013 (12 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 | 6 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 210 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 76 million | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.6144 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 243 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.888 GB/s | 72 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2004 | 5 September 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 28 nm |
HD 8730 OEM has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9550 and Radeon HD 8730 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9550 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8730 OEM is a desktop one.
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