AMD Radeon R9 M395X vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395X 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M395X

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 669 MHz
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 320
3.5x better floating-point performance: 2,961 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
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5195 vs 822
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	2,961 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 - G3D Mark	5195 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	733 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

2.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5195

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

733

422

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M395X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	733	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	27707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	71.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	413.329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M395X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	RV670
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	454	344
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 320
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	160.0 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore