ATI Radeon HD 4270 vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4270 and ATI Radeon HD 5830 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 4270

ATI Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4270

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 25 February 2010

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 590 MHz
28x more pipelines: 1120 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
15.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1733 vs 110
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 402 vs 303

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 590 MHz
Pipelines	1120 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1733 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	402 vs 303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4270
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

1733

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

303

402

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4270	ATI Radeon HD 5830
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	1733
PassMark - G2D Mark	303	402
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4270	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	TeraScale 2
Code name	RS880M	Cypress
Launch date	1 May 2010	25 February 2010
Place in performance rating	535	536
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	590 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	40	1120
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
Floating-point performance		1,792.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		44.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		175 Watt
Transistor count		2,154 million
API support
DirectX	10.1	11
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
AMD Eyefinity
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		282 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin