GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon HD 7730

GeForce GTX 280
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 16 Jun 2008
GeForce GTX 280
Radeon HD 7730
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 May 2013
Radeon HD 7730

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 280

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7730

189 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 280 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 280Radeon HD 7730
GPU NameGT200 (G200-302-A2)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde LE)
Fab Process65 nmvs28 nm
Die Size576 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders240vs384
Compute Units10vs6
Core clock602 MHzvs800 MHz
ROPs32vs8
TMUs80vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 280Radeon HD 7730
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width512 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1107 MHz
2214 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 280Radeon HD 7730
TDP236 wattsvs47 watts
Release Date16 Jun 2008vs1 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 280
    19.30 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7730
    6.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 280
    48.20 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7730
    19.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 280
    142.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7730
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 280
    622.10 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7730
    614.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better