ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP and ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 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 X1650 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 85

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 23 August 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 85

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 155

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

241

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	241

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV635	RV535
Launch date	23 January 2008	23 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1095	753
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3