Radeon HD 6550A vs GeForce GT 730A

Place in the ranking	899	914
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.03	3.62
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GK208	Pinewood
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2014 (10 years ago)	7 February 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	480
Core clock speed	719 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.01	13.20
Floating-point processing power	0.5522 TFLOPS	0.528 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	32	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x8

MXM-A (3.0)

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1001 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB/s	25.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	3.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 730A 1.92
+4.9%

HD 6550A 1.83

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 730A 742
+5%

HD 6550A 707

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.92	1.83
Recency	1 July 2014	7 February 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	35 Watt

GT 730A has a 4.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 6.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GT 730A and Radeon HD 6550A.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.