ATI Radeon HD 4720 vs GeForce 6500
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1523 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | NV44 A2 | RV730 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2005 (20 years ago) | 11 December 2011 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 75 million | 514 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 55 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 193 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 266 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8.512 GB/s | 21.34 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2005 | 11 December 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 55 nm |
ATI HD 4720 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
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