Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) with Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), including specs and performance data.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
2021
15 Watt
14.02
+360%

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by a whopping 360% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking378779
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency64.31no data
Architectureno dataGCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1Kaveri Spectre
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 March 2021 (3 years ago)14 January 2014 (11 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 coresno data512
Core clock speedno data720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno 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.

Shared memory-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (FL 12_0)

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.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 14.02
+360%
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 3.05

  • Other tests
    • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
    • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
    • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
    • Unigine Heaven 3.0

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 Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.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
+399%
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 2302

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 1613
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1616
+0.2%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 83293
+705%
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 10341

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 9013
+45651%
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 20

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 HD13
−38.5%
18
+38.5%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Atomic Heart 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Atomic Heart 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+470%
10−11
−470%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Far Cry 5 9
+50%
6−7
−50%
Fortnite 75−80
+407%
14−16
−407%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+300%
14−16
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+269%
12−14
−269%
Valorant 110−120
+143%
45−50
−143%
Atomic Heart 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+470%
10−11
−470%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
+239%
50−55
−239%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Dota 2 27
−7.4%
29
+7.4%
Far Cry 5 8
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Fortnite 75−80
+407%
14−16
−407%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+300%
14−16
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
Grand Theft Auto V 6
−50%
9
+50%
Metro Exodus 7
+40%
5−6
−40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+269%
12−14
−269%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+250%
10
−250%
Valorant 110−120
+143%
45−50
−143%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+470%
10−11
−470%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Dota 2 25
−4%
26
+4%
Far Cry 5 8
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+300%
14−16
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+269%
12−14
−269%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+483%
6
−483%
Valorant 110−120
+143%
45−50
−143%
Fortnite 75−80
+407%
14−16
−407%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
+371%
21−24
−371%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
+427%
21−24
−427%
Valorant 130−140
+396%
27−30
−396%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Fortnite 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Atomic Heart 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Valorant 70−75
+407%
14−16
−407%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Dota 2 45−50
+488%
8−9
−488%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Forza Horizon 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Fortnite 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

This is how UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) compete in popular games:

  • R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 38% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 1500% faster.
  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is ahead in 58 tests (95%)
  • R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is ahead in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.02 3.05
Recency 30 March 2021 14 January 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has a 359.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is a notebook card while Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is a desktop one.

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