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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 920M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 920M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 8730M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
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 confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.6 Out of 173 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 7 Hitesti Score