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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

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	1049	1051
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