GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Radeon HD 8730M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking879not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameMarsAD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores3845888
Core clock speed650 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed700 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors950 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rate16.80455.4
Floating-point processing power0.5376 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs24184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s480.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 4070 GDDR6 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8730M and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8730M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8730M
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