AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 669 MHz
Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 2x 320
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,971 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
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 822
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	896 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

3.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

422

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Strato	RV670
Launch date	15 May 2016	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	461	344
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	2x 320
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	666 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		140 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0