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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

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: 594 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	594 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 55

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	156 vs 55

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

594

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	594	208
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	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	1050	1051
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