Radeon HD 3650 vs GeForce GT 430
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 430 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 430
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | | GeForce GT 430 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV635 (RV635 PRO) | vs | GF108 (GF108-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 135 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 378 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 120 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 725 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3650 | | GeForce GT 430 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 256 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3650 | | GeForce GT 430 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 49 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jan 2008 | vs | 11 Oct 2010 |
Radeon HD 3650
2.90 GP/s
GeForce GT 430
2.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
5.80 GT/s
GeForce GT 430
11.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
25.60 GB/s
GeForce GT 430
12.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3650
174.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 430
268.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better