ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
3.6x better floating-point performance: 320.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 172
10x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 32
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3262 vs 1505
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3262 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	320.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3262 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3262 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.8x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3262

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3262

1505

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	401	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3262	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3262	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M96	G96C
Launch date	9 January 2009	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	792	1666
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	320.0 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
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
CUDA
SLI