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).

 

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: 106 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 106 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 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 238 vs 228
  • 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 238 vs 228
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
228
238
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
106
30
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 228 238
PassMark - G2D Mark 106 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 729
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