ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher pipelines: 400 vs 320
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 360.0 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 444 vs 401
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3262
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 9 January 2009
Pipelines	400 vs 320
Floating-point performance	360.0 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	444 vs 401
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3262

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 149

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3262

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	444	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3262
Geekbench - OpenCL	3776
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Madison	M96
Launch date	7 January 2010	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1362	792
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	650 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.0 gflops	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	400	320
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
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