Radeon HD 7730 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 7730 and Radeon R7 Carrizo, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 7730 stacks up against Radeon R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 7730 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7730 has 291% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Radeon HD 7730 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 7730 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Radeon HD 7730 and Radeon R7 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 12−14
medium / 1080p 5−6 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7730 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 7730 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name Cape Verde Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 May 2013 4 June 2015
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 800 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size medium sized
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