ATI Radeon X1900 GT vs ATI HD 4650

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 4650 and Radeon X1900 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 4650
2008
256 MB GDDR3, 48 Watt
0.63
+65.8%

ATI HD 4650 outperforms ATI X1900 GT by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11951268
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.900.35
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameRV730R580
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2008 (16 years ago)1 May 2006 (18 years ago)

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 MHz575 MHz
Number of transistors514 million384 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)48 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate19.206.900
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs3212

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 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length193 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s38.4 GB/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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 4650 0.63
+65.8%
ATI X1900 GT 0.38

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 4650 243
+67.6%
ATI X1900 GT 145

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.63 0.38
Recency 10 September 2008 1 May 2006
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 48 Watt 75 Watt

ATI HD 4650 has a 65.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 56.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 4650 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1900 GT in performance tests.


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