Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs Radeon HD 7730

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking837not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency4.57no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGMA HD
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 May 2013 (12 years ago)10 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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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 cores38412
Core clock speed800 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.6144 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data
L1 Cache96 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1125 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)10
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2013 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 35 Watt

HD 7730 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, on the other hand, has 34.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7730 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7730 is a desktop graphics card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a notebook one.

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