ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 400 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 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 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497
PassMark - G3D Mark		244
PassMark - G2D Mark		273

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV770	G70
Launch date	8 June 2009	11 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$449
Place in performance rating	592	594
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	226 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3