Radeon HD 4700 vs GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4700 |
| 56 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4700 | | GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV730 (RV730 XT) | vs | GF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 146 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 514 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 320 | vs | 144 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 783 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4700 | | GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 700 MHz
1400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4700 | | GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 106 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Feb 2010 | vs | 11 Jul 2012 |
Radeon HD 4700
4.80 GP/s
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
4.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4700
19.20 GT/s
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
18.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4700
12.80 GB/s
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
22.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4700
384.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
451.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better