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Radeon HD 3650 512MB vs Radeon HD 4650 1GB

Intro

The Radeon HD 3650 512MB features core speeds of 725 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 120(24x5) SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the Radeon HD 4650 1GB, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 700 MHz on this model. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB 55 Watts
Radeon HD 3650 512MB 78 Watts
Difference: 23 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 3650 512MB should in theory perform a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 4650 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 3650 512MB 25600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4650 1GB 22400 MB/sec
Difference: 3200 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB will be a lot (about 231%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3650 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB 19200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3650 512MB 5800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 13400 (231%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB should be much (more or less 66%) better at AA than the Radeon HD 3650 512MB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB 4800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3650 512MB 2900 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1900 (66%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 3650 512MB Radeon HD 4650 1GB
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year 2008 Sep 10, 2008
Code Name RV635 PRO RV730 PRO
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 725 MHz 600 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 1400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 78 watts 55 watts
Bandwidth 25600 MB/sec 22400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 5800 Mtexels/sec 19200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2900 Mpixels/sec 4800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 120(24x5) 320(64x5)
Texture Mapping Units 8 32
Render Output Units 4 8
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 55 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 514 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x PCIe 2.0 x16, AGP 8x
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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