Radeon Sky 700 vs ATI Mobility HD 4650
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1161 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.11 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | M96 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 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 cores | 320 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 16.00 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.32 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | 64 KB | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 768 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-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 type | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 19.2 GB/s | 176 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2009 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 225 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 4650 has 542.9% lower power consumption.
Sky 700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4650 and Radeon Sky 700. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4650 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Sky 700 is a workstation one.
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