ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4730

ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497
PassMark - G2D Mark		283
PassMark - G3D Mark		11

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV770	RV380
Launch date	8 June 2009	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	592	586
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x VHDCI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	241 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3