ATI Radeon HD 3650 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3650 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 NVS 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.8x more pipelines: 120 vs 32
2.4x better floating-point performance: 174 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2162 vs 1857
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2162 vs 1857

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 January 2008 vs 9 June 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 575 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 32
Floating-point performance	174 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2162 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2162 vs 1857

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2162

1857

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2162

1857

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3650	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2162	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2162	1857
PassMark - G3D Mark		208
PassMark - G2D Mark		84

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3650	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV635	G84
Launch date	20 January 2008	9 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1479	1480
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	174 gflops	73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	120	32
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s	9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		no
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0