AMD Radeon HD 6470M vs ATI Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6470M and ATI Radeon HD 4650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6470M

ATI Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 105 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 10 September 2008
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	105 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

3.4x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 224 gflops
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 244 vs 227
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 1881
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 1881

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 160
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 224 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	244 vs 227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891 vs 1881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891 vs 1881

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6470M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

244

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1881

1891

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1881

1891

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	ATI Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	227	244
PassMark - G2D Mark	105	30
Geekbench - OpenCL	731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.282
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	112.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1881	1891
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1881	1891

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	ATI Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Seymour	RV730
Launch date	4 January 2011	10 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$569.99
Place in performance rating	1587	1590
Price now	$569.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	224 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	160	320
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	514 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		48 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		193 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0