Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 8730M
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8730M |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2 | | Radeon HD 8730M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Mars (Mars XT) | vs | Mars (Mars LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 77 mm² | vs | 77 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,040 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2 | | Radeon HD 8730M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2 | | Radeon HD 8730M | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Mar 2013 | vs | 1 Apr 2013 |
Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
6.60 GP/s
Radeon HD 8730M
5.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
19.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 8730M
16.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
14.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 8730M
32.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
633.60 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 8730M
537.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better