ATI Radeon HD 4730 OEM vs R7 M350
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 834 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.83 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Meso | RV670 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (10 years ago) | 26 December 2008 (16 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 | 384 | 320 |
| Compute units | 6 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 669 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 825 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,550 million | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 24.36 | 10.70 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7795 TFLOPS | 0.4282 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
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 support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-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 | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 396 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | 25.34 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 May 2015 | 26 December 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 110 Watt |
R7 M350 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 214.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M350 and Radeon HD 4730 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 M350 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 4730 OEM is a desktop one.
Other comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
