ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 12 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 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 48 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 208
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 156

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 48 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 208
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

272

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	218
PassMark - G2D Mark	156	272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV730	G71
Launch date	10 September 2008	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1051	1054
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320	24
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 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
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	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	256
Shared memory		0