ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 vs R5 M330

Place in the ranking	971	1286
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.86	0.82
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Exo	M86
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 May 2015 (9 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 cores	320	120
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	955 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	690 million	378 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.60	4.000
Floating-point processing power	0.6592 TFLOPS	0.12 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	20	8

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 size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	22.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	Not Listed	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-

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 HD

9
+350%

2−3

−350%

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	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	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	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +21.4%	27−30 −21.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	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	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +21.4%	27−30 −21.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	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 +21.4%	27−30 −21.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

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	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%

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 R5 M330 and ATI Mobility HD 3650 compete in popular games:

R5 M330 is 350% faster in 1080p

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

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 M330 is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

R5 M330 is ahead in 28 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.54	0.36
Recency	5 May 2015	7 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	30 Watt

R5 M330 has a 327.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 M330 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3650 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.