ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 570 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 Quadro FX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 460 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 3.68 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
13x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 29.44 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 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 238 vs 232
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 858
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 858

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 3.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	238 vs 232
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891 vs 858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891 vs 858

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 48 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 71 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 48 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	71 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

238

232

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

858

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1891

858

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark	238	232
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	71
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891	858
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891	858

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G84
Launch date	10 September 2008	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1590	1592
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	29.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	16
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	3.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
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	DDR2