ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4730

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 738 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 640 vs 32
8.2x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1008 MHz
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 1731
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 1731

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 11.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 32
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 117.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7497

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7497

1731

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497	1731
PassMark - G3D Mark		169
PassMark - G2D Mark		80
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		179.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1813.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		757.451
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3689

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G96C
Launch date	8 June 2009	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	590	652
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	117.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	32
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	11.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	16.13 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2