ATI Radeon HD 4730 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4730 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M 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 NVS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 530 MHz
11.3x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 640 vs 8
46.2x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	8 June 2009 vs 15 August 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 8
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

11x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4730
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497
PassMark - G3D Mark		70
PassMark - G2D Mark		168

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4730	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G98
Launch date	8 June 2009	15 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	590	1010
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	8
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	2.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-I
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0