ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs ATI HD 5630

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1194
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.89
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameRedwoodRV730
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 February 2011 (13 years ago)10 September 2008 (16 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 cores320320
Core clock speed650 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors627 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt48 Watt
Texture fill rate10.4019.20
Floating-point processing power0.416 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1632

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 2.0 x16
Length165 mm193 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed390 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.48 GB/s22.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 February 2011 10 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 48 Watt

ATI HD 5630 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 23.1% lower power consumption.

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