ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 425 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 860 MHz
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 512 vs 76

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz vs 860 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	512 vs 76

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 302 vs 285

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	302 vs 285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

512

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

285

302

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	512	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	285	302

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R400
Code name	M97	RV410
Launch date	3 March 2009	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	542	539
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	826 million	120 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	13.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz	860 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CrossFire
Powerplay