Radeon HD 7450M vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

Place in the ranking	364	1135
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	70.25	8.91
Architecture	no data	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Rocket Lake GT1	Seymour
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	30 March 2021 (3 years ago)	7 January 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 cores	no data	160
Core clock speed	no data	700 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	7 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	5.600
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.224 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

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

no data

PCIe 2.0 x16

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	no data	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	1 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	14.4 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	no data	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.4
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	N/A

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 14.36
+1589%

HD 7450M 0.85

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 1768

HD 7450M 2281
+29%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 11485
+1875%

HD 7450M 582

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:

Full HD

0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27
+700%

3−4

−700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +620%	5−6 −620%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +1600%	3−4 −1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +967%	3−4 −967%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
Far Cry 5	35−40	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +1920%	5−6 −1920%
Hitman 3	30−33 +500%	5−6 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +558%	12−14 −558%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +1667%	3−4 −1667%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +4200%	1−2 −4200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +629%	7−8 −629%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +158%	30−35 −158%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +620%	5−6 −620%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +1600%	3−4 −1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +967%	3−4 −967%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
Far Cry 5	35−40	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +1920%	5−6 −1920%
Hitman 3	30−33 +500%	5−6 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +558%	12−14 −558%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +1667%	3−4 −1667%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +4200%	1−2 −4200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +270%	10−11 −270%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +158%	30−35 −158%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +620%	5−6 −620%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +2500%	1−2 −2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +967%	3−4 −967%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +700%	3−4 −700%
Far Cry 5	35−40	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +1920%	5−6 −1920%
Hitman 3	30−33 +500%	5−6 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +558%	12−14 −558%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +629%	7−8 −629%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +270%	10−11 −270%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +158%	30−35 −158%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
+4200%

1−2

−4200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +1975%	4−5 −1975%
Hitman 3	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +700%	4−5 −700%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +2800%	1−2 −2800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +3100%	3−4 −3100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
+767%

3−4

−767%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	0−1
Hitman 3	10−12	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +1875%	4−5 −1875%
Metro Exodus	16−18	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+600%

2−3

−600%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 4200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) surpassed HD 7450M in all 38 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.36	0.85
Recency	30 March 2021	7 January 2012
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	7 Watt

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has a 1589.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

HD 7450M, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.

The UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7450M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.