ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

ATI Radeon HD 4650

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
4.3x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 250 vs 172
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 1505
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	250 vs 172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.3x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

1505

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	250	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G96C
Launch date	10 September 2008	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1586	1666
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI