A2 vs Radeon HD 6730M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1015not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.68no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameWhistlerGA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)10 November 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4801280
Core clock speed725 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors716 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate17.4070.80
Floating-point processing power0.696 TFLOPS4.531 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2440
Tensor Coresno data40
Ray Tracing Coresno data10

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s200.1 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2011 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 60 Watt

HD 6730M has 71.4% lower power consumption.

A2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6730M and A2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6730M is a notebook card while A2 is a workstation one.


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