ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1776 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 3350
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 3350

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 640

Pipelines	800 vs 640

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7497

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7497

3350

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497	3350
PassMark - G3D Mark		720
PassMark - G2D Mark		416

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	M98
Launch date	8 June 2009	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	590	591
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	800
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	22 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1776 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
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