Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 3650 vs GeForce GT 230
AMD
Radeon HD 3650
256 Mb GDDR3
Released 20 Jan 2008
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 230
512 Mb GDDR3
Released 12 Oct 2009
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 3650
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 230
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
- PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | GeForce GT 230 |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV635 (RV635 PRO) | G94B (G94-300-B1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 135 mm² | 196 mm² |
| Transistors | 378 million | 505 million |
| Shaders | 120 | 48 |
| Compute Units | 3 | 3 |
| Core clock | 725 MHz | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | GeForce GT 230 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 256 Mb | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3650 | GeForce GT 230 |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jan 2008 | 12 Oct 2009 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 36502.90 GP/s
- GeForce GT 23010.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 36505.80 GT/s
- GeForce GT 23015.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 365025.60 GB/s
- GeForce GT 23057.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 3650174.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 230156.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better