AMD Radeon HD 7730M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7730M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 763 vs 462
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 213 vs 175
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2485
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 96
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 763 vs 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 vs 175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 2485

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
763
462
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
2485
Name AMD Radeon HD 7730M NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 763 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 175
Geekbench - OpenCL 6787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.524
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 2485

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7730M NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Chelsea G92
Launch date 24 April 2012 1 November 2007
Place in performance rating 1149 1152
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 675 MHz
Core clock speed 575 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 512 96
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-HE
Laptop size medium sized large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI