ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM vs GeForce 940MX

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking691not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.88no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGM107RV670
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2016 (8 years ago)26 December 2008 (15 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 cores512320
Core clock speed795 MHz669 MHz
Boost clock speed861 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate27.5510.70
Floating-point processing power0.8817 TFLOPS0.4282 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs3216

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3, GDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz396 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s25.34 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2016 26 December 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 110 Watt

GeForce 940MX has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 378.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 940MX and Radeon HD 4730 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 940MX is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4730 OEM is a desktop one.


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