AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
9.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1035 vs 822

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 4 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1035 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

2.2x more core clock speed: 669 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 322

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	669 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 322

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1035

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

322

422

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1035	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	322	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	4468
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3180
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3180

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Mobile	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Raven	RV670
Launch date	1 February 2018	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	991	381
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	669 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 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	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1656 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3