ATI Radeon HD 5950 vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking373not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency64.50no data
Architectureno dataTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1Hemlock
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 March 2021 (3 years ago)no data (2024 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 coresno data1440
Core clock speedno data725 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt302 Watt
Texture fill rateno data52.20
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data72

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data280 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data4 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 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 data2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x DisplayPort 1.1
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 302 Watt

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1913.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and Radeon HD 5950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5950 is a desktop one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
ATI Radeon HD 5950
Radeon HD 5950

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