Radeon 9600 XT vs HD 7730

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	714	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.16	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	RV360
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2013 (11 years ago)	1 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	no data
Current price	$207 (3.5x MSRP)	$170

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	47 Watt	22 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	2.000
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	9.6 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 May 2013	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	47 Watt	22 Watt

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