ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 vs Quadro FX 4600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro FX 4600 with Mobility Radeon HD 5730, including specs and performance data.

FX 4600
2007, $1,999
768 MB GDDR3, 134 Watt
0.96

Mobility HD 5730 outperforms FX 4600 by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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ATI Mobility HD 5730 Mobility HD 5730

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11671070
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.553.88
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG80Madison
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date5 March 2007 (18 years ago)7 January 2010 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores96400
Core clock speed500 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors681 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)134 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate24.0013.00
Floating-point processing power0.2304 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs2420
L1 Cacheno data40 KB
L2 Cache96 KB256 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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount768 MB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth67.2 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p10−12
−40%
14
+40%
Full HD12−14
−50%
18
+50%

Cost per frame, $

1080p166.58no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how FX 4600 and ATI Mobility HD 5730 compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5730 is 40% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5730 is 50% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 43 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.96 1.31
Recency 5 March 2007 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 134 Watt 26 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5730 has a 36.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 415.4% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5730 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 4600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4600 is a workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 5730 is a notebook one.

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