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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 vs Radeon HD 4650 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 features a clock frequency of 540 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 400 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 80 nm design. It is made up of 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4650 1GB, which comes with a clock speed of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 700 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 320(64x5) SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 47 Watts
Radeon HD 4650 1GB 55 Watts
Difference: 8 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB 22400 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 9600 (75%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB is a lot (more or less 122%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB 19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 10560 (122%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB should be a bit (more or less 11%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB 4800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 480 (11%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 Radeon HD 4650 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year April 2007 Sep 10, 2008
Code Name G84 RV730 PRO
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 600 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 1400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 47 watts 55 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 22400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8640 Mtexels/sec 19200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 4800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 320(64x5)
Texture Mapping Units 16 32
Render Output Units 8 8
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 55 nm
Transistors 289 million 514 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.0 x16, AGP 8x
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2

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Radeon HD 4650 1GB

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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