Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 4730 vs Radeon HD 7730
AMD
Radeon HD 4730
512 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Jun 2009
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7730
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 May 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 4730
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7730
- 63 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 4730 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 4730
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 4730 | Radeon HD 7730 |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 CE) | Cape Verde (Cape Verde LE) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | 1,500 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 384 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 6 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 4730 | Radeon HD 7730 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4730 | Radeon HD 7730 |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 47 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jun 2009 | 1 May 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 47306.00 GP/s
- Radeon HD 77306.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 473024.00 GT/s
- Radeon HD 773019.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 473057.60 GB/s
- Radeon HD 773072.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 4730960.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7730614.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better