NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 595 vs 208
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 March 2009 vs 10 September 2008
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 595 vs 208

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

  • 2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 156 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 320 vs 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 48 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 156 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
595
208
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
56
156
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 595 208
PassMark - G2D Mark 56 156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G92B RV730
Launch date 4 March 2009 10 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1048 1049
Price now $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 600 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128 320
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 48 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 514 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 3.0 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI