GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs Radeon HD 8730 OEM

GeForce GTX 555 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 14 May 2011
GeForce GTX 555 OEM
Radeon HD 8730 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Sep 2013
Radeon HD 8730 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8730 OEM

103 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 555 OEM .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 555 OEM

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 555 OEMRadeon HD 8730 OEM
GPU NameGF114 ()vsCape Verde (Cape Verde LE)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders288vs384
Compute Units6vs6
Core clock736 MHzvs800 MHz
ROPs24vs8
TMUs48vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 555 OEMRadeon HD 8730 OEM
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed957 MHz
3828 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 555 OEMRadeon HD 8730 OEM
TDP150 wattsvs47 watts
Release Date14 May 2011vs5 Sep 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
    8.83 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    6.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
    35.30 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    19.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
    91.90 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 555 OEM
    847.90 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    614.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better