AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD Radeon HD 7730

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon HD 7730 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.

AMD Radeon RX 480

AMD Radeon HD 7730

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 800 MHz
9.5x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8624 vs 1208
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 400

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 1 May 2013
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8624 vs 1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	777 vs 400

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730

105.9x better floating-point performance: 614.4 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 150 Watt

Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7730

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8624

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

777

400

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon HD 7730
PassMark - G3D Mark	8624	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	777	400
Geekbench - OpenCL	39226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon HD 7730
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Cape Verde
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	1 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$59
Place in performance rating	354	357
Price now	$299.99	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12	37.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	614.4 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	384
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore