ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 vs GeForce GTS 250M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 250M and Mobility Radeon HD 3650, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 250M
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 28 Watt
1.44
+300%

GTS 250M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3650 by a whopping 300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9981286
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.530.82
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGT215M86
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)7 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 cores96120
Core clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors727 million378 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate16.004.000
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS0.12 TFLOPS
Gigaflops360no data
ROPs84
TMUs328

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
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II
SLI options+-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

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 amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2000 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s22.4 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 ConnectorsHDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/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.

GTS 250M 1.44
+300%
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.

GTS 250M 3659
+328%
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 HD28
+300%
7−8
−300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+17.9%
27−30
−17.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+17.9%
27−30
−17.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+17.9%
27−30
−17.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how GTS 250M and ATI Mobility HD 3650 compete in popular games:

  • GTS 250M is 300% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTS 250M is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTS 250M is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.44 0.36
Recency 15 June 2009 7 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 30 Watt

GTS 250M has a 300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 250M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3650 in performance tests.


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