AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4730

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 4730 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 R9 255 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 4730

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 29.76 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 110 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 8 June 2009
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 1% better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 3346
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 3346

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4730

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

7497

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

7497

Name	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4730
PassMark - G2D Mark	388
PassMark - G3D Mark	1420
Geekbench - OpenCL	40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	7497

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4730
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Cape Verde	RV770
Launch date	21 December 2013	8 June 2009
Place in performance rating	606	603
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Technical info
Boost clock speed	930 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	512	640
Texture fill rate	29.76 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5