ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM

Around 33% higher pipelines: 320 vs 240
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 204 Watt

Pipelines	320 vs 240
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 204 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

2.2x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 669 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 10.7 GTexel / s
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 428.2 gflops
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 792 MHz

Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 669 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 10.7 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops vs 428.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 792 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
PassMark - G3D Mark		1513
PassMark - G2D Mark		72
Geekbench - OpenCL		22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV670	GT200B
Launch date	26 December 2008	23 December 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1200
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$359
Price now		$179.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	669 MHz	1476 MHz
Floating-point performance	428.2 gflops	708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	240
Texture fill rate	10.7 GTexel / s	51.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.34 GB / s	159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	1242 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI