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    Radeon HD 8730M vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon R6 Carrizo, 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 R6 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 R6 Carrizo here:

    Radeon HD 8730M Laptops
    Radeon R6 Carrizo Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8730M Radeon R6 Carrizo
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-35 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 8730M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
    • Radeon HD 8730M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
    ultra / 1080p − 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 1−2 10−12
    medium / 1080p 0−1 2−3
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R6 Carrizo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than Radeon HD 8730M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8730M Radeon R6 Carrizo
    Architecture GCN GCN 1.2/2.0
    Code name Mars Carrizo
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 16 November 2012 4 June 2015
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 650 MHz
    Boost Clock 700 MHz 800 MHz
    Transistor count 950 million 2410 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 16.80
    Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
    Shared memory - +
    DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    Laptop size medium sized medium sized
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