ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and ATI FireGL V8650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4730

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 688 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.2x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1736 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 3357
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB

Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7497

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7497

3357

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI FireGL V8650
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		550
PassMark - G2D Mark		637

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	R600
Launch date	8 June 2009	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$2,799
Place in performance rating	590	405
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4