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).

 

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 599 601
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