NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 77.7 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
7.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 512 MB
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 1707 MHz vs 1200 MHz
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3341 vs 401
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 320
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 3262
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 3262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 March 2011 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops vs 320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 320
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330 vs 3262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330 vs 3262

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

10.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 365 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 365 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

394

320

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3330

3262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3330

3262

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	3341	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	394	320
Geekbench - OpenCL	12811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1116.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330	3262
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330	3262
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF110	M96
Launch date	24 March 2011	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	773	776
Price now	$184
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	30.41
Technical info
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2x 1,244.2 gflops	320.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1024	320
Texture fill rate	77.7 billion / sec	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	365 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Three Dual Link DVI-IMini DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	327.7 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	768-bit (384-bit per GPU)	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1707 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround
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