Radeon HD 3730 vs Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3730 |
| 86 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3730 | | Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV635 (RV635 PRO) | vs | Cypress (Cypress PRO) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 135 mm² | vs | 334 mm² |
| Transistors | 378 million | vs | 2,154 million |
| Shaders | 120 | vs | 1440 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 18 |
| Core clock | 722 MHz | vs | 725 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 72 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3730 | | Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 396 MHz
792 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3730 | | Radeon HD 6850 1440SP Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 151 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Oct 2008 | vs | 21 Aug 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better