ATI FireGL X3-256 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 ranking1271not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.78no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameRV730R420
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date10 September 2008 (16 years ago)3 August 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,099

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 cores320no data
Core clock speed600 MHz491 MHz
Number of transistors514 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)48 Watt57 Watt
Texture fill rate19.205.892
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs3212

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xAGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz454 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s29.06 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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2008 3 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 48 Watt 57 Watt

ATI HD 4650 AGP has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 136.4% more advanced lithography process, and 18.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4650 AGP and FireGL X3-256. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4650 AGP is a desktop graphics card while FireGL X3-256 is a workstation one.

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