Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 4730 vs Radeon HD 8550 OEM
AMD
Radeon HD 4730
512 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Jun 2009
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon HD 8550 OEM
1024 Mb GDDR3
Released 25 Oct 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 4730
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 8550 OEM
- 50 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.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 4730 | Radeon HD 8550 OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV770 (RV770 CE) | Turks (Turks PRO) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 256 mm² | 118 mm² |
| Transistors | 956 million | 716 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 480 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 6 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 4730 | Radeon HD 8550 OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4730 | Radeon HD 8550 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 60 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jun 2009 | 25 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 47306.00 GP/s
- Radeon HD 8550 OEM5.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 473024.00 GT/s
- Radeon HD 8550 OEM15.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 473057.60 GB/s
- Radeon HD 8550 OEM25.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 4730960.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 8550 OEM624.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better