AMD Radeon RX 570X vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 570X

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570X

Videocard is newer: launch date 99 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 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
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 422
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1923 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2108 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 422
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

167.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 428.2 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	2x 428.2 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1923

822

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	1923	822
Geekbench - OpenCL	38939

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570X	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	RV670
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2108	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	341	343
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	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)	120 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	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 Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support