ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 120
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 250 vs 211
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 1693
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 1693
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 September 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 120
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 250 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1891 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1891 vs 1693

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 48 Watt
  • 11.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 30
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 48 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 337 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
250
211
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
30
337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1891
1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1891
1693
Name ATI Radeon HD 4650 ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 250 211
PassMark - G2D Mark 30 337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1891 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1891 1693

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4650 ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale
Code name RV730 RV630
Launch date 10 September 2008 28 June 2007
Place in performance rating 1586 889
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 320 120
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 48 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 514 million 390 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 193 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2