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).

 

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 1049 1052
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