ATI Radeon Xpress 200M vs HD 8730M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon Xpress 200M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8730M
2013
1 GB DDR3
1.99
+3880%

HD 8730M outperforms 200M by a whopping 3880% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9371547
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)R300 (2003−2008)
GPU code nameMarsRC410
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2013 (13 years ago)2005 (21 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 cores3846
Core clock speed650 MHz336 MHz
Boost clock speed700 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors950 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Texture fill rate16.800.67
Floating-point processing power0.5376 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs242
L1 Cache96 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 8730M 1.99
+3880%
ATI Xpress 200M 0.05

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 8730M 837
+3705%
Samples: 350
ATI Xpress 200M 22
Samples: 25

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:

900p220−1
Full HD19-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Resident Evil 4 Remake 2−3 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Fortnite 9−10 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Valorant 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 49
+444%
9−10
−444%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Dota 2 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Fortnite 9−10 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Valorant 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Dota 2 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Valorant 35−40
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 9−10 0−1

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Valorant 14−16 0−1

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 10−11 0−1

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 8730M is 1900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 8730M performs better in 20 tests (95%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.99 0.05
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

HD 8730M has a 3880% higher aggregate performance score, and a 364% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8730M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Xpress 200M in performance tests.

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