Radeon HD 3650 vs Radeon HD 6530
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3650 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6530 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6530
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | | Radeon HD 6530 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV635 (RV635 PRO) | vs | Redwood (Redwood PRO) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 135 mm² | vs | 104 mm² |
| Transistors | 378 million | vs | 627 million |
| Shaders | 120 | vs | 400 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 725 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | | Radeon HD 6530 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 600 MHz
1200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 256 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3650 | | Radeon HD 6530 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 39 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jan 2008 | vs | 14 May 2011 |
Radeon HD 3650
2.90 GP/s
Radeon HD 6530
5.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
5.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 6530
13.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
25.60 GB/s
Radeon HD 6530
19.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
174.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6530
520.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better