AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Graphics and ATI 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 16.46 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 23% better floating-point performance: 526.8 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2016 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	16.46 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	526.8 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3345

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

3.3x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 200 MHz
55.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

Name	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Geekbench - OpenCL	22612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	206.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	85.46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	60	3345
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1457
PassMark - G3D Mark		393
PassMark - G2D Mark		30

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Wani	RV670
Launch date	31 May 2016	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1474	1471
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Boost clock speed	758 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	668 MHz
Floating-point performance	526.8 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	16.46 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,410 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1660 MHz