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AMD Radeon HD 6730M

AMD Radeon HD 6730M

  The AMD Radeon HD 6730M (sometimes also called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6730 or similar) is a fast middle class graphics card for laptops. It supports DirectX11, is the successor of the HD 5730, and features higher clock rates, 80 more shaders, Eyefinity+ and the new UVD3 video decoder. However, it is still produced in 40nm and based on the same Whister chip as the whole 6700M and 6600M series. First informations also suggest, that the HD 6730M is a 6770M with slow DDR3 memory.

The 480 Stream processors should be still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.

The 3D performance should be a bit above the old Radeon HD 5730 due to the larger amount of shaders. Therefore, current and demanding games should run fluently in 1366x768 and medium to high details. Less demanding games like Sims 3 or Fifa 11 should run in high details and resolutions.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 6700M series integrates a HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g. for Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.

Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 5 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.

The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5730 and therefore suited for 15" laptops and up.

Radeon HD 6600M/6700M Series

Radeon HD 6770M compare 480 @ 0.68 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Radeon HD 6750M compare 480 @ 0.6 GHz128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6730M 480 @ 0.73 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Radeon HD 6650M compare 480 @ 0.6 GHz128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6630M compare 480 @ 0.49 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
CodenameWhistler-XT
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines480 - unified
Core Speed725 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement04.01.2011
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
134.8  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1024x768
62.9  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1360x768
41.6  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
15.7  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
56.3  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1024x768
38.6  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
11.6  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 800x600
110.3  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1024x768
69.9  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1360x768
48.3  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
25.7  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
low 800x600
345.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
245.1  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
111  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
57.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
69.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
55.1  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
46.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
228.4  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1360x768
46.4  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1360x768
28.6  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
18.2  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 800x600
66  fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
31.7  fps    + Compare
high 1600x900
17  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
67  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1366x768
51.1  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1366x768
35  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
17.1  fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 800x600
137.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
51.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
41.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
75.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
43.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
30.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
low 800x600
119.9  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
54.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
29.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
med. 1024x768
54  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
35.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Dirt 3134.862.941.615.7
Crysis 256.338.62811.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops110.369.948.325.7
Fifa 11345.4245.111157.3
Mafia 269.155.146.328.1
StarCraft 2228.446.428.618.2
Metro 20336631.7175.7
Battlefield: Bad Company 26751.13517.1
CoD Modern Warfare 2137.251.241.327
Risen75.543.930.721.4
Resident Evil 5119.954.129.8
Need for Speed Shift5435.722.1
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Notebook reviews with AMD Radeon HD 6730M graphics card

Asus A43SA: Intel Core i7-2630QM, 14.00", 2.4 kg
  External Review » Asus A43SA

Nexoc E643: Intel Core i5-2540M, 15.60", 2.7 kg
  External Review » Nexoc E643

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