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.

ATI Radeon HD 3650

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

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	1479	1482
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