ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 156
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 January 2010 vs 10 September 2008
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 290 vs 156

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 4.4x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
  • 4.4x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 88 gflops
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 191
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 80
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops vs 88 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 208 vs 191

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
191
208
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
290
156
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 191 208
PassMark - G2D Mark 290 156
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 782

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale
Code name M92 RV730
Launch date 1 January 2010 10 September 2008
Place in performance rating 1047 1049
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 88 gflops 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 80 320
Texture fill rate 4.4 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 242 million 514 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 48 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II AGP 8x

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 11.2 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3 DDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay