NVIDIA GeForce 920M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8730M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

750
Place in performance rating
778
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK208B
Code name
Mars
Laptop
Type
Laptop
27 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$895
Price now
$338
0.20
Value for money
0.09
N16V-GM-S
GPU code name
Mars
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
954 MHz
Core clock speed
650 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
700 MHz
915 million
Transistor count
950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
30.53
Texture fill rate
16.80
297.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
537.6 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
no data
Boost clock speed
700 MHz
915 million
Number of transistors
950 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Laptop size
medium sized
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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 NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M 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 NVIDIA GeForce 920M or AMD Radeon HD 8730M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M 16.3
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
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 NVIDIA GeForce 920M

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8730M

0.09% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($338 vs $895)

More memory bandwidth (32 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 920M or AMD Radeon HD 8730M?

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

NVIDIA GeForce 920M versus AMD Radeon HD 8730M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 920M
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