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.

 

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: 147 vs 52
  • 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 147 vs 52
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
147
52
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 147 52
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 1361 1362
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