Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

Radeon HD 3650 vs Radeon HD 3650 256MB

Intro

The Radeon HD 3650 has a clock speed of 725 MHz and a GDDR4 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It features 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3650 256MB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 725 MHz. The DDR2 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular model. It features 120(24x5) SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should perform the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

Both cards have exactly the same texel fill rate, so theoretically they should perform equally good at at AF. (explain)

Pixel Rate

Both cards have exactly the same pixel fill rate, so theoretically they should perform equally good at at full screen anti-aliasing, and be able to handle the same resolutions. (explain)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Radeon HD 3650

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon HD 3650 256MB

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Specifications

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model Radeon HD 3650 Radeon HD 3650 256MB
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year 2008 2008
Code Name RV635 PRO RV635 PRO
Memory 1024 MB 256 MB
Core Speed 725 MHz 725 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 78 watts 78 watts
Bandwidth 25600 MB/sec 25600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 5800 Mtexels/sec 5800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2900 Mpixels/sec 2900 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 120(24x5) 120(24x5)
Texture Mapping Units 8 8
Render Output Units 4 4
Bus Type GDDR4 DDR2
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 55 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

Radeon HD 3650

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon HD 3650 256MB

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield