Radeon HD 8730A vs HD 6990M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 696 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.50 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb | Mars |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 July 2011 (14 years ago) | 1 April 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 | 1120 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 715 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 40.04 | 16.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.602 TFLOPS | 0.5376 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 224 KB | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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 | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 32 GB/s |
| 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 support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 July 2011 | 1 April 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
HD 6990M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 8730A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6990M and Radeon HD 8730A. We've got no test results to judge.
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