ATI Graphics Ultra vs ATI Radeon HD 4650

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1192not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.90no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameRV730Mach8
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2008 (16 years ago)1992 (32 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores320no data
Core clock speed600 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors514 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)48 Wattno data
Texture fill rate19.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs32no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16ISA 16 Bit
Length193 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3VRAM
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s40 MB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)N/A
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 800 nm

ATI HD 4650 has a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1354.5% more advanced lithography process.

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