AMD Radeon R7 260X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 260X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
6.6x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 896 vs 320
5.3x better floating-point performance: 1,971 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
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3189 vs 366
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 522 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 4 June 2008
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3189 vs 366
PassMark - G2D Mark	522 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3189

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

522

248

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	3189	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	522	248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bonaire	M88
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Place in performance rating	648	651
Price now	$239
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	320
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	666 million
Core clock speed		580 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	170 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	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync