AMD Radeon HD 6650A vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6650A and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 April 2011 vs 4 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 669 MHz vs 600 MHz
14.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2x 320 vs 480
Around 49% better floating-point performance: 2x 428.2 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	669 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2x 428.2 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6650A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

836

822

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6650A	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	836	822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6650A	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Onega	RV670
Launch date	19 April 2011	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	349	344
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	480	2x 320
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3