AMD Radeon R7 250X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250X 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, 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 R7 250X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.1x more texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
3.3x better floating-point performance: 1,216 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
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1500 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 366
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 4 June 2008
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269 vs 366
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2269

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

637

248

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	637	248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.963
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Cape Verde	M88
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	663	653
Price now	$260.70
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	666 million
Core clock speed		580 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
HDCP
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync