ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs ATI FireMV 2200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and ATI FireMV 2200 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 3850

ATI FireMV 2200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 324 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 392 MHz
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	366 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

259

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	ATI FireMV 2200
PassMark - G3D Mark	366	36
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	259

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	ATI FireMV 2200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	M88	RV370
Launch date	4 June 2008	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	694	695
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	324 MHz
Floating-point performance	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0