NVIDIA GRID K520 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K520 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K520

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K520

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 500 MHz
131.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 320
15.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,448 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3516 vs 401
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3262
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516 vs 401
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3262

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K520
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3516

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3262

Name	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	3516	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	320
Geekbench - OpenCL	10864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	42.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3262

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K520	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	M96
Launch date	23 July 2013	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,599
Place in performance rating	763	766
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,448 gflops	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	320
Texture fill rate	2x 102.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay