ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 vs ATI Radeon HD 3200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 and ATI Radeon HD 3200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2

ATI Radeon HD 3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 500 MHz
16x more pipelines: 640 vs 40
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB

Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 40
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3200

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2	ATI Radeon HD 3200
PassMark - G2D Mark		227
PassMark - G3D Mark		82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		386

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2	ATI Radeon HD 3200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	RV6xx
Code name	M88	RS780M
Launch date	4 June 2008	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1264
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	40
Texture fill rate	2x 9.28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	181 Million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CrossFire
PCI-E 2.0
HDCP support