GeForce RTX 4050 vs Radeon HD 7730

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7730 and GeForce RTX 4050, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7730
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 47 Watt
2.84

RTX 4050 outperforms HD 7730 by a whopping 1106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking793146
Place by popularitynot in top-10041
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency4.5125.55
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameCape VerdeAD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 May 2013 (11 years ago)2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3842560
Core clock speed800 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2640 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20211.2
Floating-point processing power0.6144 TFLOPS13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2480
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s216.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 7730 2.84
RTX 4050 34.25
+1106%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 7730 1195
RTX 4050 14433
+1108%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.84 34.25
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 100 Watt

HD 7730 has 112.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 1106% higher aggregate performance score, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7730 in performance tests.

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AMD Radeon HD 7730
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