ATI Radeon HD 3730 vs Intel GMA X4500M
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3730 and Intel GMA X4500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3730
- Around 81% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 400 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Core clock speed | 722 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 65 nm |
Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X4500M
- 5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 13 Watt vs 65 Watt |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 3730 | Intel GMA X4500M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Generation 5.0 |
Code name | RV635 | Eaglelake |
Launch date | 5 October 2008 | 1 October 2008 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 722 MHz | 400 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 173.28 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 120 | |
Texture fill rate | 5.78 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 13 Watt |
Transistor count | 378 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 12.67 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 792 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR2 |