AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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, 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 Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 669 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1704 MHz vs 1656 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4979 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4979 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 371

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4979

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

422

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4979	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	23380
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1762.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	617.099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1724

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Vega 10	RV670
Launch date	27 June 2017	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	682	344
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		2x 428.2 gflops
Pipelines		2x 320
Texture fill rate		2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz	1656 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3