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    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon HD 8730M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 8730M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 8730M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 8730M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 8730M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1050 mobile or Radeon HD 8730M here:

    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Laptops
    Radeon HD 8730M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 8730M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8730M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 8730M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 704 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8730M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 5008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 14−16 −
    QHD / 1440p 8−9 0−1
    4K / 2160p 6−7 −
    low / 720p 40−45 1−2
    medium / 1080p 27−30 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 8730M
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name GP107B Mars
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 3 January 2017 16 November 2012
    Pipelines 640 384
    Core clock speed 1354 MHz 650 MHz
    Boost Clock 1493 MHz 700 MHz
    Transistor count 3,300 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 59.72 16.80
    Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 2000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 32 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Multi monitor support +
    HDCP 2.2
    Laptop size large medium sized
    GameStream +
    GPU Boost 3.0
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