ATI Radeon X1650 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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 X1650

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1615 vs 882
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1615 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2007 vs 22 May 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

4.5x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1615

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1615

882

Name	ATI Radeon X1650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615	882
PassMark - G3D Mark		260
PassMark - G2D Mark		81

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G71
Launch date	1 February 2007	22 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1565	1566
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Price now		$129.98
Value for money (0-100)		2.07
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		80 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		173 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3