GeForce GTS 360M vs Radeon HD 6730M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6730M and GeForce GTS 360M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6730M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 35 Watt
1.17

GTS 360M outperforms HD 6730M by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1035958
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.653.01
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameWhistlerGT215
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (14 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 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 cores48096
Core clock speed725 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors716 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt38 Watt
Texture fill rate17.4017.60
Floating-point processing power0.696 TFLOPS0.2757 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data413
ROPs88
TMUs2432

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)MXM-II
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options-+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s57.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsSingle Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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.

HD 6730M 1.17
GTS 360M 1.44
+23.1%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6730M 4438
GTS 360M 5522
+24.4%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p17
−5.9%
18
+5.9%
Full HD23
+0%
23
+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Valorant 30−35
−5.9%
35−40
+5.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
−17.2%
30−35
+17.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
−11.8%
18−20
+11.8%
Fortnite 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Valorant 30−35
−5.9%
35−40
+5.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
−11.8%
18−20
+11.8%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Valorant 30−35
−5.9%
35−40
+5.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 1−2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−25%
14−16
+25%
Valorant 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 0−1

This is how HD 6730M and GTS 360M compete in popular games:

  • GTS 360M is 6% faster in 900p
  • A tie in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTS 360M is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTS 360M is ahead in 32 tests (73%)
  • there's a draw in 12 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.17 1.44
Recency 4 January 2011 7 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 38 Watt

HD 6730M has an age advantage of 11 months, and 8.6% lower power consumption.

GTS 360M, on the other hand, has a 23.1% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTS 360M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6730M in performance tests.

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