NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS vs ATI FireGL V3350

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS and ATI FireGL V3350 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

ATI FireGL V3350

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 134 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 1 October 2005
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	134 vs 69

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3350

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	336 vs 335

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

335

336

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS	ATI FireGL V3350
PassMark - G3D Mark	134	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	335	336

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS	ATI FireGL V3350
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G73	RV515
Launch date	22 March 2006	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	478	479
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	177 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2