ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs GeForce FX 5700

Place in the ranking	1448	1261
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.27	0.41
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	NV36	RV635
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2003 (21 year ago)	23 January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	120
Core clock speed	425 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	82 million	378 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.700	5.800
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.174 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	4	8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	16 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0a	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 5700 0.10

ATI HD 3650 AGP 0.39
+290%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 5700 40

ATI HD 3650 AGP 150
+275%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.10	0.39
Recency	23 October 2003	23 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

FX 5700 has 160% lower power consumption.

ATI HD 3650 AGP, on the other hand, has a 290% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 3650 AGP is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5700 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.