[en] Different influence of SiO2 and Si3N4 passivation on performance of AlGaN=GaN=Si HEMTs is reported. DC characteristics are less enhanced by using SiO2 than Si3N4. This is in agreement with carrier concentration changes after passivation, as follows from Hall data. Small signal RF performance is degraded after applying SiO2 and enhanced after Si3N4 passivation, e.g. for unpassivated devices fTffi17 GHz which decreased to 9 GHz and increased to 28 GHz for SiO2 and Si3N4 respectively. The fmax=fT ratio has not changed after passivation.