AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6990 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6990

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6990

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 830 MHz vs 580 MHz
30.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 9.28 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 320
13.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
8.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3014 vs 366
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 March 2011 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	830 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014 vs 366
PassMark - G2D Mark	532 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

10.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3014

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

532

248

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	3014	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	532	248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	840.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	53.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	265.302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6990	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale
Code name	Antilles	M88
Launch date	8 March 2011	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	665	653
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	27.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	830 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,549.8 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	320
Texture fill rate	2x 79.7 GTexel / s billion / sec	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	295 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 160.0 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0