ATI Radeon HD 4650 vs ATI HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon HD 4650, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 3850
2007
1 GB GDDR3, 75 Watt
1.02
+61.9%

ATI HD 3850 outperforms ATI HD 4650 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11041195
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.930.90
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameRV670RV730
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 November 2007 (17 years ago)10 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 speed668 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors666 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt48 Watt
Texture fill rate10.6919.20
Floating-point processing power0.4275 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs168
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
Length208 mm193 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed830 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth53.12 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A

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.

ATI HD 3850 1.02
+61.9%
ATI HD 4650 0.63

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.

ATI HD 3850 392
+61.3%
ATI HD 4650 243

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 1.02 0.63
Recency 19 November 2007 10 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 48 Watt

ATI HD 3850 has a 61.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 4650, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 56.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 3850 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4650 in performance tests.


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