NVS 5100M vs ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP

Place in the ranking	1225	1230
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.77	1.02
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	RV730	GT216
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	10 September 2008 (16 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 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	48
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	514 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	48 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	8.800
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	32	16

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	MXM-A (3.0)
Width	1-slot	no 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 type	DDR2	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	25.6 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

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 4650 AGP 0.54
+3.8%

NVS 5100M 0.52

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 4650 AGP 207
+4%

NVS 5100M 199

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	0.54	0.52
Recency	10 September 2008	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	48 Watt	35 Watt

ATI HD 4650 AGP has a 3.8% higher aggregate performance score.

NVS 5100M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 37.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 4650 AGP and NVS 5100M.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4650 AGP is a desktop card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.