ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 412 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 730 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 156

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

160

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	156	160

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV730	R360
Launch date	10 September 2008	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1078	1080
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	412 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR