ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP and ATI Radeon X850 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 X850 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 507 MHz
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
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 73

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 6.08 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1040 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 157 vs 155

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.08 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	157 vs 155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

157

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	157

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R400
Code name	RV635	R480
Launch date	23 January 2008	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1063	1064
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	507 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	6.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	160 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	33.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3