ATI Radeon HD 4270 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4270 and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4270

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 590 MHz vs 425 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 76
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2010 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed 590 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 110 vs 76
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 vs 302

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4270
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
110
76
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
303
302
Name ATI Radeon HD 4270 ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 110 76
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 302

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4270 ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Essentials

Architecture RV6xx R400
Code name RS880M RV410
Launch date 1 May 2010 1 September 2004
Place in performance rating 535 538
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179

Technical info

Core clock speed 590 MHz 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 40
Texture fill rate 3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt
Transistor count 120 million

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0b
OpenGL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Shared memory yes
Memory bandwidth 13.76 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 860 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None