AMD Radeon HD 7730
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon HD 7730
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

589
Place in performance rating
540
29.52
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN
Cape Verde
Code name
Heathrow
Desktop
Type
Laptop
1 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2012 (9 years ago)
$59
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$252 (4.3x MSRP)
Price now
$338
0.48
Value for money
0.51
Cape Verde
GPU code name
Heathrow XT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
640
800 MHz
Core clock speed
800 MHz
1,500 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
47 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
19.20
Texture fill rate
32.00
614.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,024 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1,500 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
47 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
168 mm
Length
no data
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large

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 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
4500 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
72 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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 7730 or AMD Radeon HD 7870M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7730
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7730
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7730
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7730
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7730
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
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 7730

Cheaper ($252 (4.3x MSRP) vs $338)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 64 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870M

1.01% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

Less power consumption (45 Watt vs 47 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7730 or AMD Radeon HD 7870M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870M .

AMD Radeon HD 7730 versus AMD Radeon HD 7870M performance benchmarks comparison

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