ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs GeForce 9300 GE

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9300 GE and Radeon HD 4650, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9300 GE
2008
256 MB DDR2
0.22

ATI HD 4650 outperforms 9300 GE by a whopping 186% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13701195
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.90
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG98RV730
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (16 years ago)10 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$22.99 no data

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 cores8320
Core clock speed540 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors210 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data48 Watt
Texture fill rate4.32019.20
Floating-point processing power0.0208 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs832

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
Lengthno data193 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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 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.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

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.

9300 GE 0.22
ATI HD 4650 0.63
+186%

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.

9300 GE 86
ATI HD 4650 243
+183%

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 0.22 0.63
Recency 1 June 2008 10 September 2008
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm

ATI HD 4650 has a 186.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 4650 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9300 GE in performance tests.


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