ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
- Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
- 10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
- 7.5x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 128 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Launch date | 8 June 2009 vs 3 March 2009 |
Texture fill rate | 24 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 640 vs 64 |
Floating-point performance | 960.0 gflops vs 128 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 65 nm |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 750 MHz
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 110 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 750 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 110 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Name | ATI Radeon HD 4730 | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7497 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7497 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 407 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 504 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 4730 | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
Code name | RV770 | G94 |
Launch date | 8 June 2009 | 3 March 2009 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | |
Place in performance rating | 586 | 372 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 960.0 gflops | 128 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | 64 |
Texture fill rate | 24 GTexel / s | 13 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 110 Watt | 45 Watt |
Transistor count | 956 million | 505 million |
CUDA cores | 64 | |
Gigaflops | 192 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA |
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Laptop size | large | |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB / s | 51 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
MXM 3.0 Type-B | ||
PCI-E 2.0 | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PowerMizer 8.0 | ||
PureVideo HD |