AMD FirePro W6150M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W6150M 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro W6150M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 580 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 768 vs 320
4.4x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 286 vs 248
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2358 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 November 2015 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	286 vs 248
PassMark - G3D Mark	2358 vs 366

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W6150M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

248

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2358

366

Name	AMD FirePro W6150M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
Geekbench - OpenCL	43598
PassMark - G2D Mark	286	248
PassMark - G3D Mark	2358	366

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W6150M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Saturn	M88
Launch date	12 November 2015	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	656	658
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	320
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 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-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0