GeForce 305M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650

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
0.36

305M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3650 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12861259
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.821.91
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameM86GT218
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2008 (16 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 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

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

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 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 compatibility

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 Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
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2−3
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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
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3−4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
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2−3
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Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
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Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
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Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
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Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
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Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
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Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.36 0.39
Recency 7 January 2008 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 14 Watt

GeForce 305M has a 8.3% 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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