Radeon HD 7730M vs 530

Place in performance ranking	779	855
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.53	0.14
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Meso	Lombok GL
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	24 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$627	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 530 has 279% better value for money than HD 7730M.

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 cores	384	512
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	675 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.50	21.60
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops	691.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 530 and Radeon HD 7730M 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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131

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.

Radeon 530 2.63
+33.5%

HD 7730M 1.97

530 outperforms HD 7730M by 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon 530 1017
+33.5%

HD 7730M 762

530 outperforms HD 7730M by 33% in Passmark.

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%

Radeon 530 2327
+57.4%

HD 7730M 1478

530 outperforms HD 7730M by 57% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Radeon 530 6338

HD 7730M 7056
+11.3%

HD 7730M outperforms 530 by 11% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 HD

−17.6%

20
+17.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16	no data
Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	20	no data
Hitman 3	5−6	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Metro Exodus	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15	no data
Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	5−6	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8	no data
Forza Horizon 4	32	no data
Hitman 3	5−6	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	10	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	4−5	no data
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	8−9	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	1−2	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	no data
Metro Exodus	5−6	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	no data