ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with Radeon HD 4650, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

ATI HD 4650 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by an impressive 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12941196
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.90
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeRV730
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 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 cores6320
Core clock speed350 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data514 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data48 Watt
Texture fill rateno data19.20
Floating-point processing powerno data0.384 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data193 mm
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data22.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD7
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−78.6%
50−55
+78.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−78.6%
50−55
+78.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−78.6%
50−55
+78.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and ATI HD 4650 compete in popular games:

  • ATI HD 4650 is 71% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 0.62
Recency 1 May 2011 10 September 2008
Chip lithography 32 nm 55 nm

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 71.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4650, on the other hand, has a 82.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon HD 4650 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4650 is a desktop one.


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