ATI Radeon HD 3650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 3650

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 109 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2162 vs 855
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2162 vs 855

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 January 2008 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 109 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2162 vs 855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2162 vs 855

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2162

855

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2162

855

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2162	855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2162	855
PassMark - G3D Mark		227
PassMark - G2D Mark		120

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV635	G70
Launch date	20 January 2008	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	1476	1478
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	302 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3