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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 is a mobile performance class graphic card for laptops with native DirectX 11 support. Despite the name, the HD chip does not stem from the desktop HD 5700 series but is just a faster Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with 400 shader cores. Compared to the Mobility HD 5750, the 5730 has no GDDR5 support, but a higher core speed.

As the other HD 5600/5700 cards, the HD 5730 offers Avivo HD for HD video acceleration, 8-channel HD audio output over HDMI 1.3, Eyefinity for up to 6 monitors (if the laptop features DisplayPorts) and Direct Compute 11 support.

The performance should be a bit better than a GeForce GTS 250M in the middle-performance class. This means all modern games (of 2009) should run fluently on this graphics card in medium to high detail settings with lower resolution settings (e.g. 1366x768).

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the HD 5730 should be similar to a Radeon 5570 (except the desktop version uses faster GDDR5).

ManufacturerATI
Mobility Radeon HD 5600/5700 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 5770 400@650MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 5750 400@550MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 5730 400@650MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 5650 400@450-650MHz

CodenameMadison
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines400 - unified
Core Speed *650 MHz
Shader Speed *650 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3, GDDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Current Consumption26 Watt
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 3786     avg: 3811.6 (10%)     max: 3829 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 3130     avg: 3224 (9%)     max: 3313 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 7226     avg: 7717.6 (26%)     max: 8060 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 12192     avg: 13816.6 (37%)     max: 14387 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 21585     avg: 22372.3 (15%)     max: 22899 Points
3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 20713     avg: 26162 (43%)     max: 34011 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 4590     avg: 6403 (24%)     max: 9325 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 20.49     avg: 21.9 (25%)     max: 23.88 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 4359     avg: 5454.3 (50%)     max: 6532 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.7     avg: 6.8 (86%)     max: 6.9 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.7     avg: 6.8 (86%)     max: 6.9 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Mafia 2
Mafia 2 (2010)
low:
46.3  fps      Compare
med.:
41.7  fps      Compare
high:
37.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
StarCraft 2 (2010): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Metro 2033
Metro 2033 (2010)
low:
61 66 ~ 64 fps      Compare
med.:
28 33 ~ 31 fps      Compare
high:
13 14.8 ~ 14 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising (2010): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
low:
82.8  fps      Compare
med.:
48.8 50.9 ~ 50 fps      Compare
high:
33.7 35.1 ~ 34 fps      Compare
ultra:
16.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
CoD Modern Warfare 2
med.:
47.6  fps      Compare
high:
37.7  fps      Compare
ultra:
25  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Risen
Risen (2009)
low:
66.7 67.4 ~ 67 fps      Compare
med.:
37.5 38.3 39 ~ 38 fps      Compare
high:
26.3 27.6 28 ~ 27 fps      Compare
ultra:
18.4  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Resident Evil 5 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Need for Speed Shift
Need for Speed Shift (2009)
med.:
46.3  fps      Compare
high:
33.2  fps      Compare
ultra:
21  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Colin McRae: DIRT 2
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009)
med.:
60.2  fps      Compare
high:
32.8 38 ~ 35 fps      Compare
ultra:
20.6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Anno 1404
Anno 1404 (2009)
low:
109.3  fps      Compare
ultra:
38.9  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
ArmA 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
med.:
80.3  fps      Compare
high:
53.8  fps      Compare
ultra:
28.4  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 (2008)
low:
111.7  fps      Compare
high:
50.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis Warhead
Crysis Warhead (2008)
low:
54  fps      Compare
ultra:
17  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Racedriver: GRID (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
med.:
53.9 54.8 ~ 54 fps      Compare
high:
28.9 30.9 ~ 30 fps      Compare
ultra:
8.5  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
med.:
47.6 52.1 ~ 50 fps      Compare
high:
21.3 25.9 ~ 24 fps      Compare
ultra:
7.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
65  fps      Compare