Radeon HD 7730 vs HD 6950

Place in the ranking	558	749
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.04	0.16
Power efficiency	2.34	4.61
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Cayman	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (13 years ago)	1 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$59

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6950 has 550% better value for money than HD 7730.

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	1408	384
Core clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,640 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	47 Watt
Texture fill rate	70.40	19.20
Floating-point processing power	2.253 TFLOPS	0.6144 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	88	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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	72 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131

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.

HD 6950 6.77
+116%

HD 7730 3.13

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.

HD 6950 2612
+116%

HD 7730 1208

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	6.77	3.13
Recency	14 December 2010	1 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	47 Watt