ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs GeForce FX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce FX 5500 and Radeon HD 3650 AGP, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FX 5500
2004
64 MB DDR
0.02

ATI HD 3650 AGP outperforms FX 5500 by a whopping 1850% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking14891262
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.41
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameNV34 B1RV635
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)23 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36.99 no data

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 coresno data120
Core clock speed270 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors45 million378 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt
Texture fill rate1.0805.800
Floating-point processing powerno data0.174 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs48

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xAGP 8x
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneFloppy

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 typeDDRDDR2
Maximum RAM amount64 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s16 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)3.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/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 5500 0.02
ATI HD 3650 AGP 0.39
+1850%

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 5500 8
ATI HD 3650 AGP 150
+1775%

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 0.02 0.39
Recency 17 March 2004 23 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 150 nm 55 nm

ATI HD 3650 AGP has a 1850% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 3650 AGP is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5500 in performance tests.


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