ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Mobility Radeon HD 3650, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
39.39
+10842%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3650 by a whopping 10842% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1151288
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.220.83
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIM86
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2008 (17 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 cores4096120
Core clock speed1126 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million378 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.12 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Interfaceno dataMXM-II
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data22.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

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.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 39.39
+10842%
ATI Mobility HD 3650 0.36

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile 47704
+5479%
ATI Mobility HD 3650 855

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD130
+12900%
1−2
−12900%
4K690−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+925%
8−9
−925%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Elden Ring 130−140
+13700%
1−2
−13700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+925%
8−9
−925%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3720%
5−6
−3720%
Metro Exodus 90−95 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
Valorant 150−160
+15700%
1−2
−15700%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+925%
8−9
−925%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Dota 2 120−130
+12200%
1−2
−12200%
Elden Ring 130−140
+13700%
1−2
−13700%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+1286%
7−8
−1286%
Fortnite 170−180
+17100%
1−2
−17100%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3720%
5−6
−3720%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+12100%
1−2
−12100%
Metro Exodus 90−95 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+2771%
7−8
−2771%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+1825%
4−5
−1825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 141
+2720%
5−6
−2720%
Valorant 150−160
+15700%
1−2
−15700%
World of Tanks 270−280
+2046%
12−14
−2046%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+925%
8−9
−925%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Dota 2 120−130
+12200%
1−2
−12200%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+1286%
7−8
−1286%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3720%
5−6
−3720%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+2771%
7−8
−2771%
Valorant 150−160
+15700%
1−2
−15700%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 70−75 0−1
Elden Ring 80−85 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+8650%
2−3
−8650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40 0−1
World of Tanks 240−250
+12350%
2−3
−12350%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+344%
9−10
−344%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+3075%
4−5
−3075%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+11300%
1−2
−11300%
Metro Exodus 85−90 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+3300%
2−3
−3300%
Valorant 120−130
+2380%
5−6
−2380%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45 0−1
Dota 2 75−80
+413%
14−16
−413%
Elden Ring 35−40 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+420%
14−16
−420%
Metro Exodus 30−35 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+12700%
1−2
−12700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+413%
14−16
−413%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 40−45 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Dota 2 75−80
+413%
14−16
−413%
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Fortnite 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 0−1
Valorant 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and ATI Mobility HD 3650 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 12900% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 12700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 980 SLI Mobile surpassed ATI Mobility HD 3650 in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.39 0.36
Recency 22 September 2015 7 January 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 10841.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 3650, on the other hand, has 1000% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3650 in performance tests.


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