NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 vs ATI Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and ATI 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

ATI Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 48 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 10 September 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 48 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	42 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
5.3x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 248 vs 162
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 1687
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 72 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	248 vs 162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1891 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1891 vs 1687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

248

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1687

1891

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1687

1891

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	ATI Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	162	248
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687	1891
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687	1891

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	ATI Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G96C	RV730
Launch date	9 April 2009	10 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1588	1589
Price now	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	320
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	48 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3