ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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 4650

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
8.4x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
26.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 105
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

228

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	401	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3262

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M96	M66
Launch date	9 January 2009	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	792	793
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320	12
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	128
Shared memory	0	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
Powerplay 6.0