ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4730

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Around 36% better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2800 MHz

Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 3 March 2009
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 2800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497
PassMark - G3D Mark		512
PassMark - G2D Mark		285

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	M97
Launch date	8 June 2009	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	579	580
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	826 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CrossFire
Powerplay