AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs ATI Radeon HD 4700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and ATI Radeon HD 4700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6230

ATI Radeon HD 4700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 11 February 2010
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4700

3.7x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
3.7x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 104 gflops

Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 104 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4700

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	ATI Radeon HD 4700
PassMark - G3D Mark	179
PassMark - G2D Mark	254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	ATI Radeon HD 4700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Park	RV730
Launch date	2 July 2011	11 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1391	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	320
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2