AMD Radeon RX 480 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 669 MHz
- 3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 2x 320
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
- 4.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
- 10.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8629 vs 822
- Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 778 vs 422
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 29 June 2016 vs 4 April 2008 |
Core clock speed | 1120 MHz vs 669 MHz |
Pipelines | 2304 vs 2x 320 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 55 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8629 vs 822 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 778 vs 422 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
- Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 182.3 GTexel / s
- 147.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 428.2 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
- Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 150 Watt
Texture fill rate | 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 182.3 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 2x 428.2 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 140 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 480 | ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 8629 | 822 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 778 | 422 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 39118 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 103.851 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 769.541 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.593 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 67.879 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 597.772 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11172 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3719 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11172 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3719 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4162 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 480 | ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 4.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Ellesmere | RV670 |
Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
Launch date | 29 June 2016 | 4 April 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $349 |
Place in performance rating | 340 | 344 |
Price now | $299.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 39.12 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1266 MHz | |
Compute units | 36 | |
Core clock speed | 1120 MHz | 669 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 5.8 TFLOPs | 2x 428.2 gflops |
GPU Power | 110 Watt | |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 2304 | 2x 320 |
Stream Processors | 2304 | |
Texture fill rate | 182.3 GTexel / s | 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 140 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,700 million | 666 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
Bus support | n / a | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.0 |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2x 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 2x 53.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 1656 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
Enduro | ||
FreeSync | ||
FRTC | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HD3D | ||
HDMI 2.0b | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
LiquidVR | ||
PowerTune | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
VR Ready | ||
ZeroCore |