ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 81% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 155 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	155 vs 37

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 158 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	158 vs 150

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

158

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	158
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		331

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV635	G73
Launch date	23 January 2008	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1095	1685
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$84.99
Price now		$84.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	177 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	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2