GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon HD 6730M

Place in performance ranking	983	71
Place by popularity	not in top-100	5
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	42.66
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Whistler-XT	Ampere GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$329
Current price	$338	$317 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 has 85220% better value for money than HD 6730M.

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	480	3584
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.40	199.0
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6730M and GeForce RTX 3060 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	360.0 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	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

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.

HD 6730M 1.32

RTX 3060 44.15
+3245%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon HD 6730M by 3245% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

HD 6730M 4438

RTX 3060 79706
+1696%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon HD 6730M by 1696% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

HD 6730M 1141

RTX 3060 28375
+2387%

GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms Radeon HD 6730M by 2387% in 3DMark 11 Performance 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:

900p	17 −3135%	550−600 +3135%
Full HD	23 −430%	122 +430%
1440p	2−3 −3700%	76 +3700%
4K	1−2 −4900%	50 +4900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1875%

79
+1875%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1244%	120−130 +1244%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1850%	78 +1850%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −13000%	130−140 +13000%
Hitman 3	1−2 −14000%	140−150 +14000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −14100%	142 +14100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1675%	70−75 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1800%	133 +1800%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1244%	120−130 +1244%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1775%	75 +1775%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −13000%	130−140 +13000%
Hitman 3	1−2 −14000%	140−150 +14000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −10800%	109 +10800%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −3950%	81 +3950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1675%	70−75 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1629%	121 +1629%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −4175%	171 +4175%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1500%	64 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −13000%	130−140 +13000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1725%	73 +1725%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2400%	75−80 +2400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2025%	85−90 +2025%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −863%	77 +863%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −1500%	80 +1500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3800%	39 +3800%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4600%	94 +4600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −6600%	65−70 +6600%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2000%	40−45 +2000%
Hitman 3	1−2 −4500%	45−50 +4500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −200%	21 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	24−27

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	38
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1500%	48 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −900%	50 +900%

This is how HD 6730M and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 is 3135% faster in 900p
RTX 3060 is 430% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 is 3700% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 is 4900% faster in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3060 is 14100% faster than the HD 6730M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 3060 surpassed HD 6730M in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.32	44.15
Recency	4 January 2011	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	170 Watt