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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

The ATI Mobilty Radeon HD 4650 from AMD is a DirectX 10.1 middle-class notebook graphics adapter. Technically it is a slower clocked Mobility Radeon HD 4670. The successor of the HD 4650 is the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with DirectX 11 support and improved performance. Later the HD 4650 was also introduced as Mobility Radeon HD 5165.

The gaming performance of the GPU lies a bit below the HD 4670. Most DirectX 9 games (like Call of Duty 4, F.E.A.R., or Unreal Tournament 3) should be playable in medium to high details (in 1024x768). Demanding DX10 games from 2008 like Crysis run only in low-medium details fluently.

The Mobility HD 4650 is based on the RV730 chip and features 320 stream processors (64 5-dimensional shader cores). These cores do the graphic work of the shader- and pixel pipelines of older GPUs. The stream processors are also called ALUs and are grouped in five-way VLIW units. Each of the five instructions of a VLIW bundle has to be independent from the others and therefore the performance depends on the optimization of the driver.

A speciality of the Radeon HD 4600 Series is the possibility to use ordinary DDR2 and DDR3 graphic memory (as a cheaper alternative to GDDR3). However, cards that use that kind of memory will be slower than others equipped with GDDR RAM.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4650 includes the Avivo HD called video technology including an onboard soundchip for 7.1 sound output over HDMI or DisplayPort and the 2nd generation UVD (Unified Video Decoder). This UVD 2 supports full bitstream decoding of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 streams. In addition to this, it also supports dual video stream decoding and Picture-in Picture mode which makes the UVD full BD-Live compliant. Simplified, the Avivo HD technology handles all video tasks and enables the GPU to decode HD videos.

AMD published a current consumtion of about 15-25 Watt for the HD 4650. Still it is unclear if this value represents the chip alone or the whole mxm board including the memory (which would include about 5 Watt).

Compared to the desktop ATI Radeon HD 4650, the mobile counterpart features a slower chip and memory clock (575/800 versus 600/1000) and therefore performs a bit slower than the desktop 4650.

Mobility Radeon HD 4600 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 4670 compare 320 @ 0.68 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4650 320 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
CodenameM96
ArchitectureTerascale 1
Pipelines320 - unified
Core Speed550 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Power Consumption35 Watt
Transistor Count514 Million
technology55 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.0, PCI-E 2.0 x16, Powerplay, DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600, HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio), 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI, 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement09.01.2009
Link to Manufacturer Pageati.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 2262     avg: 2456     median: 2412.5 (1%)     max: 2727 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 19803     avg: 26922     median: 26779 (28%)     max: 33488 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 15500     avg: 18845     median: 18851 (10%)     max: 21712 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 10565     avg: 12609     median: 12781 (14%)     max: 14360 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +
3DMark 06
min: 6050     avg: 6280     median: 6213 (8%)     max: 6643 points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 5569     avg: 6244     median: 6207 (8%)     max: 7149 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 +
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 +
3DMark 06
min: 6658     avg: 7109     median: 7120 (9%)     max: 7539 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 +
3DMark 06
min: 6301     avg: 6683     median: 6683 (9%)     max: 7065 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3667     avg: 5085     median: 4973.5 (4%)     max: 6720 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 800x600
109 119.4 134 ~ 121 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
32 41 92 ~ 55 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
34 35 ~ 35 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.1  fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
64.4 72 ~ 68 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
29.8 66 ~ 48 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21  fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
low 800x600
40 48.2 ~ 44 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
28 30.4 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
53.5 63.4 97 104 118 126 ~ 94 fps    + Compare
ultra 1280x1024
15.8 18.5 20.1 21.3 21.9 27 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
med. 1024x768
102.3  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
58.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
71.7 103.6 128 160.4 307 ~ 154 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
58 60 60 61.5 62.6 68.5 ~ 62 fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
40 40 41.6 43.3 47 53 ~ 44 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008
low 800x600
43.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
29  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
90  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
78.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
low 800x600
61.8 63.7 66.5 77.5 98 ~ 74 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
38.5 45.6 52 57 59.9 65.4 ~ 53 fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
32.8 34 36.6 38.2 43 46.1 ~ 38 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
95 123.9 130 212.8 238.3 282.5 ~ 180 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
53.5 62.8 65 66.5 82 90.8 92 ~ 73 fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
34.7 36 41 45 50.5 51.6 ~ 43 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
med. 1024x768
46.5  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
36.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
41 48.6 63.8 67.5 72 83 87.2 91 ~ 69 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
33 39 41.5 42 44.5 47 50.9 61 ~ 45 fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
25.5 26 26.2 26.6 27.2 27.3 28 28 34.2 ~ 28 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Additional Benchmarks
High 800x600
33.6
Low 0xAF 0xAA 800x600
48.8
Med 0xAF 0xAA 800x600
40.3
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024
52.5
Med 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024
32.8
High 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024
18
Low 1366x768
43.6
Medium 1366x768
33.9
High 1366x768
20.7
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
51 57.1 64.2 81.5 82 84 95.4 98 ~ 77 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
29.3 33.7 36 36 36.4 38.5 43.7 52 ~ 38 fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
19.2 20 20.3 20.5 21.3 21.6 22 26 32.3 ~ 23 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Additional Benchmarks
Med 0xAF 0xAA 800x600
36.1
Low 0xAF 0xAA 800x600
55.7
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024
45.6
Med 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024
25.3
High 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024
14.2
High 0xAF 0xAA 800x600
27
Low 1366x768
48.8
Medium 1366x768
28.6
High 1366x768
17
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
64  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
19 33 ~ 26 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Call of Juarez Benchmark

Call of Juarez Benchmark

2006
high 1024x768
21.7 22.7 ~ 22 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

2006
high 1280x800
66  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
143 248 ~ 196 fps    + Compare
med. 800x600
8 30 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
8 29 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
91.2 261 ~ 176 fps    + Compare