ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP 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

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.3x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 120
2.2x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 173.28 gflops
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 810 MHz

Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 120
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 173.28 gflops
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 810 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 48 Watt

Core clock speed	722 MHz vs 600 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 48 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	250
PassMark - G2D Mark	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV730	RV635
Launch date	10 September 2008	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1586	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	722 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	173.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	120
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	5.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2