GeForce 930A vs Radeon HD 7730

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7730 with GeForce 930A, including specs and performance data.

HD 7730
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 47 Watt
3.09

930A outperforms HD 7730 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking762743
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency4.516.83
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGM108
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 May 2013 (11 years ago)13 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384384
Core clock speed800 MHz928 MHz
Boost clock speedno data941 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rate19.2022.58
Floating-point processing power0.6144 TFLOPS0.7227 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2424

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s16.02 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-5.0

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 7730 3.09
GeForce 930A 3.29
+6.5%

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 7730 1192
GeForce 930A 1267
+6.3%

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 3.09 3.29
Recency 1 May 2013 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 33 Watt

GeForce 930A has a 6.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 42.4% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 7730 and GeForce 930A.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7730 is a desktop card while GeForce 930A is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7730
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