ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs ATI Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP and ATI Radeon X600 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 X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 48 Watt
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 210 vs 156

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 48 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	210 vs 156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

210

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	ATI Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	156	210

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	ATI Radeon X600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV730	RV370
Launch date	10 September 2008	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	1078	871
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
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	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR