ATI FirePro M7740 vs ATI Radeon HD 4730

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7740 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7740

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Launch date 4 August 2009 vs 8 June 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3384 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 3309
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 3309
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 960.0 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 3384 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7497 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7497 vs 3309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7740
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4730

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
7497
Name ATI FirePro M7740 ATI Radeon HD 4730
PassMark - G3D Mark 665
PassMark - G2D Mark 415
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 7497

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI FirePro M7740 ATI Radeon HD 4730

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale
Code name M97 RV770
Launch date 4 August 2009 8 June 2009
Place in performance rating 600 601
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $79

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 832.0 gflops 960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 640 640
Texture fill rate 20.8 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 826 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 54.1 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3384 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0