AMD Radeon RX 570 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 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 570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 926-1168 MHz vs 669 MHz
  • 755.7x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
  • 8.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 822
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 626 vs 422
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed 926-1168 MHz vs 669 MHz
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines 2048 vs 2x 320
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6967 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

  • 167.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 428.2 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 150 Watt
Floating-point performance 2x 428.2 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6967
822
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
626
422
Name AMD Radeon RX 570 ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 6967 822
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 422
Geekbench - OpenCL 36141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3864

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 570 ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale
Code name Polaris 20 RV670
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $169 $349
Place in performance rating 396 343
Price now $149.99
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed 926-1168 MHz 669 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2048 2x 320
Pixel fill rate 39.81 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 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

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)