Arctic Sound 2T vs ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1293 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.79 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) |
| GPU code name | RV730 | Arctic Sound |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 10 September 2008 (17 years ago) | 2021 (4 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 | 7680 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 8,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 48 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 216.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.384 TFLOPS | 13.82 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 8 | 120 ×2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 240 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 8 MB |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 16 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 4096 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 1.23 TB/s ×2 |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 48 Watt | 500 Watt |
ATI HD 4650 AGP has 941.7% lower power consumption.
Arctic Sound 2T, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4650 AGP and Arctic Sound 2T. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 4650 AGP is a desktop graphics card while Arctic Sound 2T is a workstation one.
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