AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs ATI Radeon HD 4730

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Launch date 9 January 2014 vs 8 June 2009
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 72 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

  • 3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 2526
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 2526
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7497 vs 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7497 vs 2526

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4730

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2526
7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2526
7497
Name AMD Radeon R9 M290X ATI Radeon HD 4730
PassMark - G3D Mark 3256
PassMark - G2D Mark 430
Geekbench - OpenCL 23514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 258.046
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2526 7497
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2526 7497

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M290X ATI Radeon HD 4730

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Neptune RV770
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 9 January 2014 8 June 2009
Place in performance rating 598 601
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $79

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Compute units 20
Core clock speed 850 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops 960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1280 640
Texture fill rate 72 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore