ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	7 January 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 168 vs 142
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 32
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1690 vs 1586
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1690 vs 1586

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	168 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	267 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1690 vs 1586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1690 vs 1586

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

168

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

1690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

1690

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
PassMark - G3D Mark	142	168
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	267
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1586	1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1586	1690

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M86	M76
Launch date	7 January 2008	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1618	1039
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	120	120
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2 / GDDR3 / GDDR4	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0
PowerPlay 7.0