ATI Radeon HD 5730 vs ATI Radeon HD 4200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5730 and ATI Radeon HD 4200 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 5730

ATI Radeon HD 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 500 MHz
10x more pipelines: 400 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 485
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 485

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 February 2011 vs 10 September 2009
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	400 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5730
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4200

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

485

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

485

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5730	ATI Radeon HD 4200
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2484
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	485
PassMark - G2D Mark		372
PassMark - G3D Mark		112

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5730	ATI Radeon HD 4200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	RV6xx
Code name	Redwood	RV620
Launch date	26 February 2011	10 September 2009
Place in performance rating	968	900
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	400	40
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt
Transistor count	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0