RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Radeon HD 6730M

Aggregate performance score

HD 6730M
2011
1 GB DDR3, 35 Watt
1.32

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation outperforms Radeon HD 6730M by a whopping 4163% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking98837
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameWhistler-XTAD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$338 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4806144
Core clock speed725 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1565 MHz
Number of transistors716 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate17.40300.5
Floating-point performance696.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6730M and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB20 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s280.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.9

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:

900p17
−4018%
700−750
+4018%
Full HD22
−3991%
900−950
+3991%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−4067%
250−260
+4067%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4100%
210−220
+4100%
Hitman 3 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−4131%
550−600
+4131%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−3900%
400−450
+3900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−4067%
250−260
+4067%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4100%
210−220
+4100%
Hitman 3 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−4131%
550−600
+4131%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−3900%
400−450
+3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−4067%
250−260
+4067%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4100%
210−220
+4100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−4131%
550−600
+4131%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−4150%
85−90
+4150%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−4100%
210−220
+4100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 6−7
−4067%
250−260
+4067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−3900%
40−45
+3900%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−4150%
170−180
+4150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−3900%
120−130
+3900%

This is how HD 6730M and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is 4018% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is 3991% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.32 56.27
Recency 4 January 2011 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 70 Watt

The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6730M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6730M is a notebook card while RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is a desktop one.


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