NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 4730 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 4730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 35.3 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
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
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 8 June 2009
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4730

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 736 MHz
2.2x more pipelines: 640 vs 288
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7497 vs 3322
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7497 vs 3322

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 736 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 288
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7497 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7497 vs 3322

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4730

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

7497

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

7497

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4730
PassMark - G2D Mark	447
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572
Geekbench - OpenCL	27378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322	7497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322	7497

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4730
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF114	RV770
Launch date	14 May 2011	8 June 2009
Place in performance rating	600	602
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Technical info
Core clock speed	736 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops	960.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	288	640
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	91.9 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5