ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M 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 Quadro FX 1500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 640 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497
PassMark - G3D Mark		171
PassMark - G2D Mark		275

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV770	G71
Launch date	8 June 2009	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	601	602
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	20
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0