Radeon HD 3650 vs GeForce GT 230
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GT 230 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | | GeForce GT 230 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV635 (RV635 PRO) | vs | G94B (G94-300-B1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 135 mm² | vs | 196 mm² |
| Transistors | 378 million | vs | 505 million |
| Shaders | 120 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 725 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | | GeForce GT 230 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 256 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3650 | | GeForce GT 230 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jan 2008 | vs | 12 Oct 2009 |
Radeon HD 3650
2.90 GP/s
GeForce GT 230
10.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
5.80 GT/s
GeForce GT 230
15.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
25.60 GB/s
GeForce GT 230
57.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
174.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 230
156.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better