GeForce 305M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and GeForce 305M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3650
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 30 Watt
0.31

305M outperforms Mobility HD 3650 by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13541324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.831.96
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameM86GT218
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2008 (17 years ago)10 January 2010 (15 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 cores12016
Core clock speed500 MHz525 MHz
Number of transistors378 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate4.0004.200
Floating-point processing power0.12 TFLOPS0.0368 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data55
ROPs44
TMUs88
L2 Cache128 KB32 KB

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHzUp to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s11.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
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1−2
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 0−1 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce 305M is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GeForce 305M performs better in 2 tests (7%)
  • there's a draw in 27 tests (93%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.31 0.34
Recency 7 January 2008 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 14 Watt

GeForce 305M has a 9.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and GeForce 305M.

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