NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS vs ATI Radeon HD 3650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS and ATI Radeon HD 3650 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

ATI Radeon HD 3650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.8x more texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2414 vs 2162
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2414 vs 2162

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2008 vs 20 January 2008
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414 vs 2162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414 vs 2162

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 88% higher pipelines: 120 vs 64
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 174 gflops vs 169.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 64
Floating-point performance	174 gflops vs 169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

2162

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

2162

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	ATI Radeon HD 3650
PassMark - G3D Mark	534
PassMark - G2D Mark	50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414	2162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414	2162

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	ATI Radeon HD 3650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	RV635
Launch date	1 November 2008	20 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1479	1480
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	725 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops	174 gflops
Gigaflops	254
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	120
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec	5.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0