AMD FirePro M5100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5100 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro M5100

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 580 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.7x better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2103 vs 366
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103 vs 366
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2103

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

800

248

Name	AMD FirePro M5100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	800	248
Geekbench - OpenCL	6773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	537.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5100	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Venus	M88
Launch date	16 October 2013	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	651	653
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	666 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration