RSX Reality Synthesizer vs Radeon HD 7730M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking890not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.54no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameChelseaRSX-CXD5302
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 April 2012 (12 years ago)4 October 2012 (12 years ago)

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 cores512no data
Core clock speed575 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed675 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate21.6013.20
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs3224

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s22.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2012 4 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 80 Watt

HD 7730M has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 220% lower power consumption.

RSX Reality Synthesizer, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7730M and RSX Reality Synthesizer. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7730M is a notebook card while RSX Reality Synthesizer is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7730M
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