ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.1x more pipelines: 400 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
7.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 108 Watt
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 53
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3258
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 30 March 2009
Pipelines	400 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3258

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 824 vs 449
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 3776

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 9 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 360.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	824 vs 449
Geekbench - OpenCL	13337 vs 3776

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

449

824

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3258

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3776

13337

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	449	824
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3258
Geekbench - OpenCL	3776	13337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Madison	GT200B
Launch date	7 January 2010	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1360	1361
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.89
Technical info
Boost clock speed	650 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.0 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	400	192
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	108 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0