AMD Radeon HD 7730 vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 6650A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7730

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 614.4 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1205 vs 836

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2013 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205 vs 836

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 401

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	418 vs 401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1205

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

418

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7730	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	401	418

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7730	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Onega
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	1 May 2013	19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$59
Place in performance rating	352	348
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	37.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	480
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3