ATI Radeon X800 vs HD 6730M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6730M with Radeon X800, including specs and performance data.

HD 6730M
2011
1 GB GDDR3, 35 Watt
1.37
+523%

HD 6730M outperforms ATI X800 by a whopping 523% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10151377
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.680.50
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameWhistlerR430
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2004 (20 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 cores480no data
Core clock speed725 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors716 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate17.404.800
Floating-point processing power0.696 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs2412

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 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s22.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
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
+750%
2−3
−750%
Full HD23
+667%
3−4
−667%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%

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
+600%
1−2
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
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 0−1

This is how HD 6730M and ATI X800 compete in popular games:

  • HD 6730M is 750% faster in 900p
  • HD 6730M is 667% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.37 0.22
Recency 4 January 2011 1 October 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

HD 6730M has a 522.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X800, on the other hand, has 16.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6730M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6730M is a notebook card while Radeon X800 is a desktop one.


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