NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 49.2 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
10.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5336 vs 512
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 643 vs 285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 August 2015 vs 3 March 2009
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops vs 704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5336 vs 512
PassMark - G2D Mark	643 vs 285

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

466.7x more memory clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s

Memory clock speed	2800 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5336

512

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

643

285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
PassMark - G3D Mark	5336	512
PassMark - G2D Mark	643	285
Geekbench - OpenCL	16712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1862

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM206	M97
Launch date	20 August 2015	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	540	543
Price now	$194.44
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	768
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	704.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Texture fill rate	49.2 billion / sec	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	826 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	105.6 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.6 GB/s	2800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround
CrossFire
Powerplay