ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4650

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
4.1x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 250 vs 170
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 30 vs 26
189.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 10
189.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 10

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 60 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	250 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark	30 vs 26
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891 vs 10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891 vs 10

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 600 MHz

Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	250	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	26
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891	10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891	10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1728

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G84
Launch date	10 September 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1586	1539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	289 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	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
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	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI