ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP and ATI Radeon 9100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

ATI Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 250 MHz
9.6x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
34.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 1 April 2003
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 6

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 48 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 156

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 48 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	163 vs 156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

163

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	156	163

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 7
Code name	RV730	R200
Launch date	10 September 2008	1 April 2003
Place in performance rating	1078	1081
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR