ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 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.

ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 120 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 27

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 155

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	158 vs 155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

158

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	158

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV635	M11
Launch date	23 January 2008	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1061	1063
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	120	4
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	275 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	128 / 64
Shared memory		0