AMD Radeon R9 M365X vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M365X and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 669 MHz
  • Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 422
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1482 vs 822
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 669 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 446 vs 422
PassMark - G3D Mark 1482 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

  • 5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37 GTexel / s
  • Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1656 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M365X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
446
422
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1482
822
Name AMD Radeon R9 M365X ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL 36410
PassMark - G2D Mark 446 422
PassMark - G3D Mark 1482 822

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M365X ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Tropo RV670
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 4 April 2008
Place in performance rating 374 344
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 900 MHz 669 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 640 2x 320
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count 1,500 million 666 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 1656 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore