AMD Radeon HD 7730M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7730M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6551 vs 4769
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.244 vs 13.598
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.524 vs 1.227
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 69.757 vs 44.123
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 30 May 2011
Pipelines 512 vs 192
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6551 vs 4769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.244 vs 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.524 vs 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.757 vs 44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3341

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 24.8 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1268 vs 778
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 264 vs 215
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 404.618 vs 289.172
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1857 vs 1777
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 3220
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1857 vs 1777
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 3220
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.8 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1268 vs 778
PassMark - G2D Mark 264 vs 215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 404.618 vs 289.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.333 vs 25.319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1857 vs 1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275 vs 3220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1857 vs 1777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275 vs 3220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
778
1268
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
215
264
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6551
4769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.244
13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
289.172
404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.524
1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.319
25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.757
44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1777
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1777
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3341
Name AMD Radeon HD 7730M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
PassMark - G3D Mark 778 1268
PassMark - G2D Mark 215 264
Geekbench - OpenCL 6551 4769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.244 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 289.172 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.524 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.319 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.757 44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1777 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3220 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1777 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3220 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7730M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Chelsea GF116
Launch date 24 April 2012 30 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1156 1158
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 675 MHz
Core clock speed 575 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 192
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 24.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus