NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8730M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

773
Place in performance rating
778
G9x
Architecture
GCN
G92
Code name
Mars
Laptop
Type
Laptop
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$111
Price now
$338
0.27
Value for money
0.09
N10E-GTX1
GPU code name
Mars
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
384
576 MHz
Core clock speed
650 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
700 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
950 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
38 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
16.80
384.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
537.6 gflops
128
CUDA cores
no data
576
Gigaflops
no data
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
no data
Boost clock speed
700 MHz
754 million
Number of transistors
950 million
75 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 GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
medium sized
2-way
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
MXM 3.0 Type-B
MXM Type
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 GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
61 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 GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M, the size and number of monitors.

Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
HybridPower
no data
8.0
Power management
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
no data
4.0
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M 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 GTX 285M 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 GTX 285M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
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 GTX 285M

Cheaper ($111 vs $338)

More memory bandwidth (61 GB/s vs 32 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8730M

More pipelines (384 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M or AMD Radeon HD 8730M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M versus AMD Radeon HD 8730M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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