NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 725 MHz
8.3x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 5.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 240 vs 120
3.6x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 174 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 1000 MHz
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1285 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 23 January 2008
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 5.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 120
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 174 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285 vs 150

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 236 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 155 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 236 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	155 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1285

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285	150
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	155
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200	RV635
Launch date	16 June 2008	23 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1062	1063
Price now	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	725 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	120
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	5.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI