ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 275 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 590 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 102
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 25 February 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 590 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 102
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

223

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	401	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	223
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3262

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M96	NV41
Launch date	9 January 2009	25 February 2005
Place in performance rating	772	774
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-III
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	18.88 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	590 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	DDR
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