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).

 

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 34
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 34

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
34
74
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 34 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