Radeon HD 3650 AGP vs Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3650 AGP |
| 43 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5770 Mac Edition
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 AGP | | Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV635 (RV635 PRO) | vs | Juniper (Juniper XT) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 135 mm² | vs | 166 mm² |
| Transistors | 378 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 120 | vs | 800 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 725 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 AGP | | Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective | vs | 1195 MHz
4780 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3650 AGP | | Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 108 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Jan 2008 | vs | 4 Jul 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better