ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 669 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 10.7 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
5.4x better floating-point performance: 428.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	669 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.7 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	428.2 gflops vs 80 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition

7.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 110 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 792 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 110 Watt
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 792 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV670	G96C
Launch date	26 December 2008	12 December 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	669 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	428.2 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	10.7 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.34 GB / s	25.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3