ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 125 Watt

Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 21 July 2008
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 46.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 448.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	46.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	448.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G92
Launch date	10 September 2008	21 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1586	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	46.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	754 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 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3