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    Radeon HD 6930 vs Radeon HD 8730M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 8730M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 6930 stacks up against Radeon HD 8730M, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 8730M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon HD 8730M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon HD 8730M here:

    Radeon HD 8730M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6930 Radeon HD 8730M
    Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 6930 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8730M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon HD 8730M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6930.
    • Radeon HD 6930 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8730M - in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6930 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 8730M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • Radeon HD 6930 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8730M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 2800 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 1−2
    medium / 1080p 10−12 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6930 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6930 Radeon HD 8730M
    Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN
    Code name Cayman Mars
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 1 December 2011 16 November 2012
    Pipelines 1280 384
    Core clock speed 750 MHz 650 MHz
    Boost Clock 700 MHz
    Transistor count 2,640 million 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 60.00 16.80
    Floating-point performance 1,920.0 gflops 537.6 gflops
    Length 220 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 2000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 32 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    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
    Laptop size medium sized
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