Radeon HD 4650 AGP vs R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) with Radeon HD 4650 AGP, including specs and performance data.

R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
2014
0.65
+20.4%

R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) outperforms ATI HD 4650 AGP by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking11511186
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameBeema/MullinsRV730
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)10 September 2008 (15 years ago)
Current priceno data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128320
Core clock speed300 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data514 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data48 Watt
Texture fill rateno data19.20
Floating-point performanceno data384.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) and Radeon HD 4650 AGP compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeno dataDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.65 0.54
Recency 29 April 2014 10 September 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

The Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4650 AGP in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4650 AGP is a desktop one.


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