ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 260 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 July 2008 vs 4 June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	260 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 450 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 320 vs 40
10.3x better floating-point performance: 371.2 gflops vs 36 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 40
Floating-point performance	371.2 gflops vs 36 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	366 vs 98

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

260

248

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	366
PassMark - G2D Mark	260	248

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M82	M88
Launch date	25 July 2008	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	649	652
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	36 gflops	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	320
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	9.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0