ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 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).

ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 12 October 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 48 Watt
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 264 vs 208
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 156

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 48 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	264 vs 208
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

283

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	264
PassMark - G2D Mark	156	283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		951

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV730	G71
Launch date	10 September 2008	12 October 2006
Place in performance rating	1049	1051
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320	24
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	MXM-III
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II