ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 320 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 236 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 156 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 16 June 2008
Pipelines	320 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 236 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	156 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

2.2x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 62% better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 800 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1299 vs 208

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1299 vs 208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

1299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	156	62
Geekbench - OpenCL		21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV730	GT200
Launch date	10 September 2008	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1052	1053
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$522.78
Value for money (0-100)		2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1296 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	240
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	48.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	236 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1107 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI