ATI FirePro V8800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V8800 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V8800

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 580 MHz
7.1x more texture fill rate: 66.0 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 1600 vs 320
7.1x better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1500 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2281 vs 366
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2010 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s vs 9.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops vs 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2281 vs 366
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 208 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 208 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V8800
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2281

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

248

Name	ATI FirePro V8800	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	2281	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	445	248
Geekbench - OpenCL	36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V8800	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	M88
Launch date	7 April 2010	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499
Place in performance rating	693	694
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1600	320
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	208 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0