ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 459 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
13.1x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 250 vs 149
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 996
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	250 vs 149
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 48 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 48 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

996

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	250	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G86
Launch date	10 September 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1586	1657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	16
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	210 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI