AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 40% higher pipelines: 448 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm

Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 19 November 2007
Pipelines	448 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	ATI Radeon HD 3850
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1081
Geekbench - OpenCL	11203
PassMark - G3D Mark		393
PassMark - G2D Mark		30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	RV670
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1466	1465
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	448	320
Core clock speed		668 MHz
Floating-point performance		427.5 gflops
Texture fill rate		10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		666 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1660 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3