AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M280X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M280X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 580 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 896 vs 320
4.8x better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 814 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 February 2015 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	814 vs 366

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	248 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M280X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

248

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

814

366

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Geekbench - OpenCL	41708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	248
PassMark - G3D Mark	814	366

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M280X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Saturn	M88
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 February 2015	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	659	653
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	320
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	666 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	Not Listed
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore