ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP and ATI Radeon 9800 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 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 412 MHz
Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 730 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 155

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

160

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	160

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV635	R360
Launch date	23 January 2008	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1062	1059
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	412 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	117 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	1x Molex
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	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR