AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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. 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.

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 669 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
4.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7690 vs 822
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 660 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 October 2018 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7690 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	660 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7690

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

660

422

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	7690	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	660	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	34637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	118.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2403.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	127.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	625.512
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3755

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Polaris 20	RV670
Launch date	15 October 2018	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	343	342
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		2x 428.2 gflops
Pipelines		2x 320
Texture fill rate		2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1656 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3