ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4650

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
5x more pipelines: 320 vs 64
Around 85% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 96 Watt
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	320 vs 64
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.7x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 482 vs 244
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 45 vs 30
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1891
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1891

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	482 vs 244
PassMark - G2D Mark	45 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1891
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1891

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

482

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

3161

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	244	482
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	45
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G94
Launch date	10 September 2008	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1590	1591
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	64
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI