NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 600 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 14.38 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
5.8x better floating-point performance: 552.2 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1310 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 743 vs 236
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 429
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1711 vs 558
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1711 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 80
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	743 vs 236
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 33 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 33 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

558

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711	558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GK208	RV710
Launch date	1 July 2014	30 September 2008
Place in performance rating	541	800
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	80
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count		242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2