ATI FirePro V9800 vs ATI Radeon HD 4730

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 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, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V9800

ATI Radeon HD 4730

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 1600 vs 640
2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 8 June 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4730

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI Radeon HD 4730
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727
PassMark - G2D Mark	655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7497

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	ATI Radeon HD 4730
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	RV770
Launch date	9 September 2010	8 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$79
Place in performance rating	627	590
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1600	640
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5