Radeon DDR MAXX vs HD 5730

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Redwood	Rage 6
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	26 February 2011 (13 years ago)	1 June 2000 (23 years ago)
Current price	$30	no data

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	400	no data
Core clock speed	775 MHz	148 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.50	0.89
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 2x
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x Molex

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	296 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	4.736 GB/s

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	2x VGA
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 February 2011	1 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm

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