ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 2486
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 2486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 June 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 960.0 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7497 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7497 vs 2486

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 640
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Pipelines 800 vs 640
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7497
2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7497
2486
Name ATI Radeon HD 4730 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7497 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7497 2486
PassMark - G3D Mark 866
PassMark - G2D Mark 472

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4730 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale
Code name RV770 M98
Launch date 8 June 2009 9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 579 581
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 750 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 960.0 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 640 800
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt
Transistor count 956 million 956 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 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1700 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay