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    Radeon HD 8730M vs Radeon RX Vega M GL 870

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, 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 8730M stacks up against Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 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 Radeon HD 8730M or Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 here:

    Radeon HD 8730M Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8730M Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type DDR3 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 8730M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - with Vega.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 is 281 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • Radeon HD 8730M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
    ultra / 1080p − 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 1−2 60−65
    medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8730M Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Mars Vega Kaby Lake-G
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 16 November 2012 7 January 2018
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 650 MHz 931 MHz
    Boost Clock 700 MHz 1011 MHz
    Transistor count 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 16.80
    Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12_1
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size medium sized medium sized
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