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AMD Radeon HD 8730M

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M is a graphics card released on January 1, 2013, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 384 shading units, 2 GB of DDR3 memory and a boost clock of 650 MHz. It scores 841 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

GCNMars LE28 nm

7/10 key specs recorded · 37 facts

Depth: 37 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

384cores

6 compute units

Memory

2 GB

DDR3

Boost clock

650 MHz

650 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M scores 841 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 50.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,492), measured across 378 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 173.

PassMark G3D Mark

841

Rank #1,492
Faster than 50.7% of 2,658 GPUs
378 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 31.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 32.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 18.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 8.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 391 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 20.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon HD 8730M averages DirectX 9 16 fps, DirectX 10 4 fps, DirectX 11 6 fps, DirectX 12 4 fps and GPU Compute 391 ops/s, across 378 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel/s calculatedcalculated from TMUs x boost clock (MHz) / 1000 = 24 x 650 / 1000

Texture fill rate (15.6 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 650 MHz

Memory clock 1000 MHz

DirectX 11.1

OpenGL 4.4

First benchmarked 2015-01-30

Samples 378

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 8730M states the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 650 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2015-01-30. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Mars LE

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Mars LE graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 384

Compute units 6

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 24

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M has 384 shading units, 6 compute units, 24 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

Clock speeds

Base clock 650 MHz

Boost clock 650 MHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M runs at a base clock of 650 MHz and boosts to 650 MHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M it connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Market

Launched January 1, 2013

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon HD

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M was released on January 1, 2013.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 841

PassMark G2D 173

Rank #1,492

Samples 378

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8730M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8730M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8730M have?

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M has 2 GB of DDR3 memory.

How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8730M?

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M scores 841 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 50.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,492. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 4 fps.

What bus interface does the AMD Radeon HD 8730M use?

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

When was the AMD Radeon HD 8730M released?

The AMD Radeon HD 8730M was released on January 1, 2013.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Mars -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.