AMD Radeon HD 7730M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7730M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 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, 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 106 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.244 vs 12.611
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.524 vs 1.255
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 25.319 vs 25.132
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 69.757 vs 49.9
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3313
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3313
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 15 March 2011
Pipelines 512 vs 192
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.244 vs 12.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.524 vs 1.255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.319 vs 25.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.757 vs 49.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3313

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 25.06 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 422.002 vs 289.172
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2166 vs 1777
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3360 vs 3220
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2166 vs 1777
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3360 vs 3220
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 783 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.06 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 3608 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 422.002 vs 289.172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2166 vs 1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3360 vs 3220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2166 vs 1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3360 vs 3220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.244
12.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
289.172
422.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.524
1.255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.319
25.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.757
49.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1777
2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1777
2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3313
Name AMD Radeon HD 7730M NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark 781
PassMark - G2D Mark 212
Geekbench - OpenCL 6551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.244 12.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.172 422.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.524 1.255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.319 25.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.757 49.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1777 2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3220 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1777 2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3220 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3313

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7730M NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Chelsea GF116
Launch date 24 April 2012 15 March 2011
Place in performance rating 1143 1145
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 675 MHz
Core clock speed 575 MHz 783 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 192
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 25.06 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 106 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3608 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0