ATI Radeon HD 4830 vs R7 265

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 265 and Radeon HD 4830, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 265
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.39
+381%

R7 265 outperforms ATI HD 4830 by a whopping 381% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking432855
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.060.20
Power efficiency5.001.64
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnRV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)21 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $130

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 265 has 2430% better value for money than ATI HD 4830.

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 cores1024640
Core clock speedno data575 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate59.2018.40
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPS0.736 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6432

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm246 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s57.6 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1210.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.39 2.16
Recency 13 February 2014 21 October 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 95 Watt

R7 265 has a 381% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4830, on the other hand, has 57.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 265 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4830 in performance tests.


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