AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 580 MHz
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
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 248
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 580 MHz
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	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 248
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 366

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 85 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

508

248

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3048

366

Name	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G2D Mark	508	248
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048	366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bonaire	M88
Launch date	21 December 2013	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	663	665
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	320
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0