ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1586 vs 486
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1586 vs 486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2008 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1586 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1586 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 140
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.5 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 140
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1586

486

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark	140	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	33	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1586	486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1586	486

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M86	G71
Launch date	7 January 2008	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	1613	1615
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		173 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	DDR2 / GDDR3 / GDDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0