UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega M GL / 870
2018
4 GB HBM2, 65 Watt
14.25

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking344319
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)no data
GPU code nameVega Kaby Lake-GRocket Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)30 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280no data
Core clock speed931 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1011 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 and UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHBM2no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Shared memory--

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega M GL / 870 14.25
UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 15.68
+10%

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 by 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega M GL / 870 9862
UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 11485
+16.5%

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 by 16% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega M GL / 870 7329
+354%
UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 1613

Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 outperforms UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) by 354% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega M GL / 870 38812
UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 83293
+115%

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 by 115% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD42
+223%
13
−223%
1440p24
+0%
24−27
+0%
4K14
+0%
14−16
+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 47
+46.9%
30−35
−46.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−13%
24−27
+13%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−10.9%
50−55
+10.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
−3%
30−35
+3%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−7.7%
40−45
+7.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−8.3%
50−55
+8.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
−9.1%
35−40
+9.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+188%
16
−188%
Metro Exodus 53
+12.8%
45−50
−12.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 48
+9.1%
40−45
−9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+186%
14
−186%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−11.5%
27−30
+11.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 39
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−13%
24−27
+13%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−10.9%
50−55
+10.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 38
+11.8%
30−35
−11.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 37
+106%
18
−106%
Far Cry New Dawn 21
+320%
5
−320%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−8.3%
50−55
+8.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
−9.1%
35−40
+9.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+283%
12
−283%
Metro Exodus 41
+356%
9
−356%
Red Dead Redemption 2 39
−12.8%
40−45
+12.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 15
+150%
6
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 41
+24.2%
30−35
−24.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−11.5%
27−30
+11.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
−39.1%
30−35
+39.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−13%
24−27
+13%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20
−70%
30−35
+70%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−7.7%
40−45
+7.7%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−8.3%
50−55
+8.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−10.9%
50−55
+10.9%
Metro Exodus 38
+375%
8
−375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
−37.5%
30−35
+37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−11.5%
27−30
+11.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 32
−37.5%
40−45
+37.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
−7.4%
27−30
+7.4%
Hitman 3 20−22
−15%
21−24
+15%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 15
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 24
−8.3%
24−27
+8.3%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−11.1%
30−33
+11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−10.3%
30−35
+10.3%
Metro Exodus 27
−3.7%
27−30
+3.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−16%
27−30
+16%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 24
−37.5%
30−35
+37.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Hitman 3 10−11
−10%
10−12
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−13.3%
16−18
+13.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−7.1%
14−16
+7.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 11
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Battlefield 5 16
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−13.3%
16−18
+13.3%
Metro Exodus 13
−15.4%
14−16
+15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10
−40%
14−16
+40%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega M GL / 870 is 223% faster in 1080p
  • A tie in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega M GL / 870 is 375% faster.
  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 70% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega M GL / 870 is ahead in 16 tests (22%)
  • UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is ahead in 56 tests (78%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.25 15.68
Recency 7 January 2018 30 March 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

The UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 in performance tests.


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