ATI Radeon HD 3650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 93% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 375 MHz
  • Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 142 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Launch date 20 January 2008 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.8 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 142 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Name ATI Radeon HD 3650 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2162
PassMark - G2D Mark 78
PassMark - G3D Mark 101

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 3650 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Curie
Code name RV635 NV40 A1
Launch date 20 January 2008 1 April 2004
Place in performance rating 1481 1484
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $2,199

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz 375 MHz
Floating-point performance 174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 120
Texture fill rate 5.8 GTexel / s 4.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 142 Watt
Transistor count 378 million 222 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None 2x Molex

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3