Radeon HD 6430M vs HD 6730M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6730M and Radeon HD 6430M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6730M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 35 Watt
1.38
+176%

HD 6730M outperforms HD 6430M by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10121230
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.75no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameWhistlerSeymour
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)4 January 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 cores480160
Core clock speed725 MHz480 MHz
Number of transistors716 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate17.403.840
Floating-point processing power0.696 TFLOPS0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s12.8 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

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
+183%
6−7
−183%
Full HD23
+188%
8−9
−188%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+17.9%
27−30
−17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+17.9%
27−30
−17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+17.9%
27−30
−17.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how HD 6730M and HD 6430M compete in popular games:

  • HD 6730M is 183% faster in 900p
  • HD 6730M is 188% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6730M is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6730M is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 0.50

HD 6730M has a 176% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon HD 6730M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6430M in performance tests.


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