AMD Radeon HD 8730M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

778
Place in performance rating
not rated
no data
Value for money (0-100)
0.16
GCN
Architecture
Rankine
Mars
Code name
NV34 B1
Laptop
Type
Workstation
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
28 October 2003 (18 years ago)
$338
Price now
$93
0.09
Value for money
no data
Mars
GPU code name
NV34 B1
Laptop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
no data
650 MHz
Core clock speed
275 MHz
700 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
950 million
Transistor count
45 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
13 Watt
16.80
Texture fill rate
1.100
537.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
700 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
950 million
Number of transistors
45 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
13 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCI
no data
Length
168 mm
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
32 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
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Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DMS-59

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
9.0a
4.6
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8730M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 8730M or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8730M

3.36% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 150 nm)

More memory bandwidth (32 GB/s vs 8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Cheaper ($93 vs $338)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 8730M or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 8730M .

AMD Radeon HD 8730M versus NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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