ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP and ATI Radeon 9600 XT 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 Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 35
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 155 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	155 vs 147

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

3x lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

147

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV635	RV360
Launch date	23 January 2008	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1095	1149
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR