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).

 

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
  • 8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1299 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 1299 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
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 155 vs 62
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 62

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1299
150
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
62
155
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1299 150
PassMark - G2D Mark 62 155
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