AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 Radeon Pro Vega 16

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 585 vs 422
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4809 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 4 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	585 vs 422
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

2.2x more core clock speed: 669 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	669 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

585

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4809

822

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	585	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809	822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Vega 12	RV670
Launch date	14 November 2018	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	360	344
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Floating-point performance		2x 428.2 gflops
Pipelines		2x 320
Texture fill rate		2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count		666 million
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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 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